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THE UNITED STATES v. POTTS AND OTHERS (1809)

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THE UNITED STATES v. POTTS AND OTHERS
Term: 1809
Important Dates
Argued: March 6, 1809
Decided: March 7, 1809
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
7-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington

THE UNITED STATES v. POTTS AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1809. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1809.

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

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: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 9 U.S. 284
  • 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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