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THE UNITED STATES v. KIRKPATRICK AND OTHERS (1824)

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THE UNITED STATES v. KIRKPATRICK AND OTHERS
Term: 1824
Important Dates
Argued: March 20, 1824
Decided: March 23, 1824
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Bushrod Washington

THE UNITED STATES v. KIRKPATRICK AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1824. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1824.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.

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: 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: Insurance company, or surety
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 22 U.S. 720
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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 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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