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THE UNITED STATES v. HUDSON AND GOODWIN (1812)

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THE UNITED STATES v. HUDSON AND GOODWIN
Term: 1812
Important Dates
Decided: March 14, 1812
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington

THE UNITED STATES v. HUDSON AND GOODWIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 14, 1812.

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

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: First Amendment - Libel, defamation: defamation of public officials and public and private persons
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 11 U.S. 32
  • 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: William Johnson Jr.

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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