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SIMS LESSEE VERSUS IRVINE (1799)

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SIMS LESSEE VERSUS IRVINE
Term: 1799
Important Dates
Argued: February 5, 1799
Decided: February 19, 1799
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • Oliver Ellsworth • William Paterson • Bushrod Washington
Concurring
James Iredell

SIMS LESSEE VERSUS IRVINE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1799. The case was argued before the court on February 5, 1799.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1790s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Ellsworth Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: veteran
  • 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: 3 U.S. 425
  • 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: Oliver Ellsworth
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Ellsworth

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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