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WILLIAM HUNTER, APPELLANT VS. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES

Term: 1831
Important Dates
Argued: January 17, 1831
Decided: January 29, 1831
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

WILLIAM HUNTER, APPELLANT VS. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 29, 1831. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1831.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. 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.

About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 30 U.S. 173
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 McLean

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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