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SCHOONER PAULINA'S CARGO v. THE UNITED STATES

Term: 1812
Important Dates
Argued: February 15, 1812
Decided: February 21, 1812
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-1
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington
Dissenting
William Johnson Jr.

SCHOONER PAULINA'S CARGO v. THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1812. The case was argued before the court on February 15, 1812.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Rhode Island U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1810s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
Petitioner: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 11 U.S. 52
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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