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THE GENERAL SMITH -- HOLLINS et al. CLAIMANT

Term: 1819
Important Dates
Argued: March 9, 1819
Decided: March 10, 1819
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington

THE GENERAL SMITH -- HOLLINS et al. CLAIMANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1819. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1819.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland 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: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 17 U.S. 438
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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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