SCOTT AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. SHREEVE AND OTHERS, RESPONDENTS (1827) - Ballotpedia

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SCOTT AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. SHREEVE AND OTHERS, RESPONDENTS

Term: 1827
Important Dates
Argued: January 13, 1827
Decided: January 20, 1827
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Robert Trimble • Bushrod Washington

SCOTT AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. SHREEVE AND OTHERS, RESPONDENTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1827. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1827.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Debtor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 25 U.S. 605
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
Who wrote the majority opinion: Smith Thompson

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.

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External links

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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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