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UNITED STATES v. BENJAMIN MORE (1805)

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UNITED STATES v. BENJAMIN MORE
Term: 1805
Important Dates
Argued: February 6, 1805
Decided: March 2, 1805
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • William Paterson • Bushrod Washington

UNITED STATES v. BENJAMIN MORE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1805. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1805.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1800s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: District of Columbia
  • Citation: 7 U.S. 159
  • 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.

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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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