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THE UNITED STATES v. ZEBULON CANTRIL (1807)

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THE UNITED STATES v. ZEBULON CANTRIL
Term: 1807
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1807
Decided: February 28, 1807
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Bushrod Washington

THE UNITED STATES v. ZEBULON CANTRIL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1807. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1807.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: fraud
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 8 U.S. 167
  • 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 liberal.

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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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