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THE UNITED STATES v. KELLY AND OTHERS (1826)

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THE UNITED STATES v. KELLY AND OTHERS
Term: 1826
Important Dates
Decided: March 10, 1826
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Bushrod Washington

THE UNITED STATES v. KELLY AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1826.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1820s, 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: war crimes
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 24 U.S. 417
  • 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: Bushrod Washington

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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