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THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, COMPLAINANT v. THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS (1833)

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THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, COMPLAINANT v. THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
Term: 1833
Important Dates
Decided: March 2, 1833
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, COMPLAINANT v. THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1833.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 6-0 ruling.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Interstate Relations - Miscellaneous interstate relations conflict
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Rhode Island
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Massachusetts
  • Citation: 32 U.S. 651
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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