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THE MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY v. WATTS' EXECUTOR (1816)

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THE MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY v. WATTS' EXECUTOR
Term: 1816
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1816
Decided: March 13, 1816
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-2
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington
Dissenting
Henry Brockholst Livingston • Joseph Story

THE MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY v. WATTS' EXECUTOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 13, 1816. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1816.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit 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: Private Action - Real property
  • Petitioner: Slave-owner
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 14 U.S. 279
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Johnson Jr.

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 unspecifiable.

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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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