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THE COMMERCEN. -- LINDGREN, CLAIMANT (1816)

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THE COMMERCEN. -- LINDGREN, CLAIMANT |
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Term: 1816 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 16, 1816 |
Decided: March 22, 1816 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
4-3 |
Majority |
Gabriel Duvall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington |
Dissenting |
William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall |
THE COMMERCEN. -- LINDGREN, CLAIMANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 1816. The case was argued before the court on March 16, 1816.
In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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.
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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 14 U.S. 382
- 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: 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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