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THE UNION BANK OF GEORGETOWN v. LAIRD (1817)

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THE UNION BANK OF GEORGETOWN v. LAIRD
Term: 1817
Important Dates
Decided: March 15, 1817
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington

THE UNION BANK OF GEORGETOWN v. LAIRD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 15, 1817.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 15 U.S. 390
  • 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: 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 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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