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UNION BANK OF GEORGETOWN v. GEORGE B. MAGRUDER (1833)

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UNION BANK OF GEORGETOWN v. GEORGE B. MAGRUDER
Term: 1833
Important Dates
Argued: February 19, 1833
Decided: February 22, 1833
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

UNION BANK OF GEORGETOWN v. GEORGE B. MAGRUDER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1833. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 1833.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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 - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 32 U.S. 287
  • 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: Joseph Story

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 unspecifiable.

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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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