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THE UNITED STATES VERSUS HAMILTON (1795)

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THE UNITED STATES VERSUS HAMILTON
Term: 1795
Important Dates
Decided: February 20, 1795
Outcome
No disposition
Vote
6-0
Majority
John Blair • William Cushing • James Iredell • John Jay • William Paterson • James Wilson

THE UNITED STATES VERSUS HAMILTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1795.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1790s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Jay Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 3 U.S. 17
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Jay
  • 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 liberal.

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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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