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SIMMS v. GUTHRIE AND AL (1815)

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SIMMS v. GUTHRIE AND AL
Term: 1815
Important Dates
Argued: February 8, 1815
Decided: February 14, 1815
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington

SIMMS v. GUTHRIE AND AL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 14, 1815. The case was argued before the court on February 8, 1815.

In a 5-0 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 Kentucky U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Kentucky.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 13 U.S. 19
  • 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 unspecifiable.

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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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