THE COMMON COUNCIL OF ALEXANDRIA v. PRESTON (1814)

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THE COMMON COUNCIL OF ALEXANDRIA v. PRESTON
Term: 1814
Important Dates
Argued: February 18, 1814
Decided: February 19, 1814
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd

THE COMMON COUNCIL OF ALEXANDRIA v. PRESTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1814. The case was argued before the court on February 18, 1814.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme 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 - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: District of Columbia
  • Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 12 U.S. 53
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 conservative.

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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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