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THE SHIP RICHMOND, v. THE UNITED STATES

Term: 1815
Important Dates
Argued: February 15, 1815
Decided: February 22, 1815
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington

THE SHIP RICHMOND, v. THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1815. The case was argued before the court on February 15, 1815.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia 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 - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
Petitioner: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 13 U.S. 102
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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