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THOMAS LELAND AND OTHERS v. DAVID WILKINSON (1832)

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THOMAS LELAND AND OTHERS v. DAVID WILKINSON
Term: 1832
Important Dates
Argued: February 16, 1832
Decided: February 18, 1832
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
5-1
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson
Dissenting
Henry Baldwin

THOMAS LELAND AND OTHERS v. DAVID WILKINSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 18, 1832. The case was argued before the court on February 16, 1832.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Rhode Island U.S. Circuit for the District of Rhode Island.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Wills and trusts
  • Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • 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: 31 U.S. 317
  • 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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