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SIMMS AND WISE v. SLACUM (1806)

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SIMMS AND WISE v. SLACUM
Term: 1806
Important Dates
Argued: February 13, 1806
Decided: February 19, 1806
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
4-1
Majority
William Cushing • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Bushrod Washington
Dissenting
William Paterson

SIMMS AND WISE v. SLACUM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1806. The case was argued before the court on February 13, 1806.

In a 4-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
  • Petitioner: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 7 U.S. 300
  • 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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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