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THE UNITED STATES v. ABEL TURNER (1833)

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THE UNITED STATES v. ABEL TURNER
Term: 1833
Important Dates
Argued: March 9, 1833
Decided: March 12, 1833
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

THE UNITED STATES v. ABEL TURNER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 12, 1833. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1833.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the North Carolina U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of North Carolina.

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: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: financial (other than in fraud or internal revenue)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 32 U.S. 132
  • 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 conservative.

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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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