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THE ELSINEUR. -- JONES, CLAIMANT (1816)

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THE ELSINEUR. -- JONES, CLAIMANT |
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Term: 1816 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 16, 1816 |
Decided: March 21, 1816 |
Outcome |
No disposition |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington |
THE ELSINEUR. -- JONES, CLAIMANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1816. The case was argued before the court on March 16, 1816.
The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the Georgia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Georgia.
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: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: presentation, admissibility, or sufficiency of evidence (not necessarily a criminal case)
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 14 U.S. 439
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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 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
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