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THE NEREID. -- PINTO, CLAIMANT (1816)

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THE NEREID. -- PINTO, CLAIMANT |
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Term: 1816 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 8, 1816 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington |
THE NEREID. -- PINTO, CLAIMANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 1816.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the New York 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: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
- Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 14 U.S. 171
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
- Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall
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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