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THE UNITED STATES v. WILLINGS AND FRANCIS

Term: 1807
Important Dates
Argued: February 7, 1807
Decided: February 14, 1807
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-0
Majority
William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Bushrod Washington

THE UNITED STATES v. WILLINGS AND FRANCIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 14, 1807. The case was argued before the court on February 7, 1807.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 8 U.S. 48
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: 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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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