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WILLIAM MASON AND OTHERS, LIBELLANTS, v. SHIP BLAIREAU (1804)

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WILLIAM MASON AND OTHERS, LIBELLANTS, v. SHIP BLAIREAU
Term: 1804
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1804
Decided: March 6, 1804
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • John Marshall • Bushrod Washington

WILLIAM MASON AND OTHERS, LIBELLANTS, v. SHIP BLAIREAU is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 6, 1804. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1804.

In a 4-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Personal property
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 6 U.S. 240
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Unspecified, other
  • 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 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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