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VAN NESS v. BUEL (1819)

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VAN NESS v. BUEL
Term: 1819
Important Dates
Decided: February 8, 1819
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington

VAN NESS v. BUEL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 8, 1819.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1810s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Petitioner state: Vermont
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: Vermont
  • Citation: 17 U.S. 74
  • 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 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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