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THE UNITED STATES v. PALMER et al. (1818)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
THE UNITED STATES v. PALMER et al.
Term: 1818
Important Dates
Argued: March 12, 1818
Decided: March 14, 1818
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
6-1
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington
Dissenting
William Johnson Jr.

THE UNITED STATES v. PALMER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 14, 1818. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1818.

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

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: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: justiciable question
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 16 U.S. 610
  • 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: 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 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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