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BROWN VERSUS VAN BRAAM (1797)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
BROWN VERSUS VAN BRAAM
Term: 1797
Important Dates
Argued: February 9, 1797
Decided: February 13, 1797
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
William Cushing • Oliver Ellsworth • James Iredell • William Paterson • James Wilson
Concurring
Samuel Chase

BROWN VERSUS VAN BRAAM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 13, 1797. The case was argued before the court on February 9, 1797.

In a 6-0 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 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 - Assessment of costs or damages: as part of a court order
  • Petitioner: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 3 U.S. 344
  • 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: Oliver Ellsworth
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: James Wilson

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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