THE POST MASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES v. EARLY AND OTHERS (1827) - Ballotpedia

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THE POST MASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES v. EARLY AND OTHERS

Term: 1827
Important Dates
Argued: March 9, 1827
Decided: March 15, 1827
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Robert Trimble • Bushrod Washington

THE POST MASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES v. EARLY AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 15, 1827. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1827.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Georgia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Georgia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Debtor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 25 U.S. 136
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

External links

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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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