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THE SAN PEDRO. -- VALVERDE, CLAIMANT (1818)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
THE SAN PEDRO. -- VALVERDE, CLAIMANT
Term: 1818
Important Dates
Argued: February 13, 1817
Decided: February 11, 1818
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington

THE SAN PEDRO. -- VALVERDE, CLAIMANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 11, 1818. The case was argued before the court on February 13, 1817.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi Territorial Trial 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: Private Action - Evidence
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 16 U.S. 78
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Rehearing or restored to calendar for reargument
  • 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 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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