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WILLIAM YEATON AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS v. DAVID LENOX AND OTHERS (1833)

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WILLIAM YEATON AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS v. DAVID LENOX AND OTHERS
Term: 1833
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1833
Decided: March 4, 1833
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

WILLIAM YEATON AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS v. DAVID LENOX AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1833. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1833.

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 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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 32 U.S. 220
  • 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 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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