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THE UNITED STATES v. HETH

Term: 1806
Important Dates
Argued: February 21, 1806
Decided: February 27, 1806
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
4-0
Majority
William Cushing
Concurring
William Johnson Jr. • William Paterson • Bushrod Washington

THE UNITED STATES v. HETH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1806. The case was argued before the court on February 21, 1806.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 7 U.S. 399
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
What type of decision was made: Seriatim
Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
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 conservative.

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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