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THE UNITED STATES v. SCHOONER SALLY OF NORFOLK (1805)

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THE UNITED STATES v. SCHOONER SALLY OF NORFOLK
Term: 1805
Important Dates
Decided: February 22, 1805
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • John Marshall • Bushrod Washington

THE UNITED STATES v. SCHOONER SALLY OF NORFOLK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1805.

In a 4-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. District Court.

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: Civil Rights - Slavery or indenture
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 6 U.S. 406
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • 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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