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SPEAKE AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED STATES (1815)

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SPEAKE AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED STATES
Term: 1815
Important Dates
Argued: February 10, 1815
Decided: February 16, 1815
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-2
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington
Dissenting
Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall

SPEAKE AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 16, 1815. The case was argued before the court on February 10, 1815.

In a 4-2 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.

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: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 13 U.S. 28
  • 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: Joseph Story

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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