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THE TOWN OF PAWLET v. DANIEL CLARK, AND OTHERS

Term: 1815
Important Dates
Decided: March 10, 1815
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington
Concurring
William Johnson Jr.

THE TOWN OF PAWLET v. DANIEL CLARK, AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1815.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Vermont U.S. Circuit for the District of Vermont.

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: First Amendment - Establishment of religion (other than as pertains to parochiaid:)
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: New Hampshire
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 13 U.S. 292
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
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

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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