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THE SHIP OCTAVIA. -- NICHOLLS et al., CLAIMANTS

Term: 1816
Important Dates
Argued: February 7, 1816
Decided: February 13, 1816
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 SHIP OCTAVIA. -- NICHOLLS et al., CLAIMANTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 13, 1816. The case was argued before the court on February 7, 1816.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts 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: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Unidentifiable
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 14 U.S. 20
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: Joseph Story

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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