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THE UNITED STATES v. JUDGE PETERS (1809)

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THE UNITED STATES v. JUDGE PETERS
Term: 1809
Important Dates
Decided: February 20, 1809
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
7-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington

THE UNITED STATES v. JUDGE PETERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1809.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1800s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: commodities
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 9 U.S. 115
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall

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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