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WILSON VERSUS DANIEL (1798)

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WILSON VERSUS DANIEL
Term: 1798
Important Dates
Argued: February 13, 1798
Decided: August 7, 1798
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-1
Majority
William Cushing • Oliver Ellsworth • William Paterson • James Wilson
Concurring
Samuel Chase
Dissenting
James Iredell

WILSON VERSUS DANIEL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on August 7, 1798. The case was argued before the court on February 13, 1798.

In a 5-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Virginia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1790s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Ellsworth Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Miscellaneous judicial power, especially diversity jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 3 U.S. 401
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Seriatim
  • Who was the chief justice: Oliver Ellsworth
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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