THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE v. WOODWARD (1819)

THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE v. WOODWARD
	Term: 1819
Important Dates
	Argued: March 10, 1818
	Decided: February 25, 1819
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	5-1
Majority
	William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall
Concurring
	Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington
Dissenting
	Gabriel Duvall

THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE v. WOODWARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1819. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1818.

In a 5-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Hampshire State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Private school, college, or university
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: New Hampshire
Citation: 17 U.S. 518
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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.