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THE NEREIDE, BENNETT, MASTER (1815)

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THE NEREIDE, BENNETT, MASTER
Term: 1815
Important Dates
Argued: March 6, 1815
Decided: March 11, 1815
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-1
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Bushrod Washington
Concurring
William Johnson Jr.
Dissenting
Joseph Story

THE NEREIDE, BENNETT, MASTER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 11, 1815. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1815.

In a 5-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 13 U.S. 388
  • 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: 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.

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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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