THE UNITED STATES v. RICHARD PETERS, DISTRICT JUDGE (1795)

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THE UNITED STATES v. RICHARD PETERS, DISTRICT JUDGE
Term: 1795
Important Dates
Argued: August 22, 1795
Decided: August 24, 1795
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-0
Majority
William Cushing • James Iredell • William Paterson • John Rutledge • James Wilson

THE UNITED STATES v. RICHARD PETERS, DISTRICT JUDGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on August 24, 1795. The case was argued before the court on August 22, 1795.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1790s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rutledge Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 3 U.S. 121
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Prohibition
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Rutledge
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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