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DOBYNES & MORTON v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1806
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1805
Decided: February 10, 1806
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
4-0
Majority
William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • William Paterson • Bushrod Washington

DOBYNES & MORTON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1806. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1805.

In a 4-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky U.S. Distrcrict Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1800s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 7 U.S. 241
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
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 conservative.

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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