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THE SLOOP ACTIVE v. THE UNITED STATES (1812)

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THE SLOOP ACTIVE v. THE UNITED STATES
Term: 1812
Important Dates
Argued: February 19, 1812
Decided: February 26, 1812
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington

THE SLOOP ACTIVE v. THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1812. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 1812.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Connecticut 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: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 11 U.S. 100
  • 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 conservative.

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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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