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THE AEOLUS -- WOOD, CLAIMANT (1818)

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THE AEOLUS -- WOOD, CLAIMANT
Term: 1818
Important Dates
Argued: February 18, 1818
Decided: February 27, 1818
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-1
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington
Dissenting
William Johnson Jr.

THE AEOLUS -- WOOD, CLAIMANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1818. The case was argued before the court on February 18, 1818.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maine U.S. District Court.

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: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 16 U.S. 392
  • 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: Henry Brockholst Livingston

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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