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THE UNITED STATES v. WILSON (1823)

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THE UNITED STATES v. WILSON
Term: 1823
Important Dates
Decided: February 14, 1823
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington

THE UNITED STATES v. WILSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 14, 1823.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1820s, 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 - Debtors' rights
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 21 U.S. 253
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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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