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SILAS TALBOT v. HANS FRED SEEMAN (1801)

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SILAS TALBOT v. HANS FRED SEEMAN
Term: 1801
Important Dates
Argued: August 4, 1801
Decided: August 11, 1801
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • John Marshall • Alfred Moore • William Paterson • Bushrod Washington

SILAS TALBOT v. HANS FRED SEEMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on August 11, 1801. The case was argued before the court on August 4, 1801.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. District 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Personal property
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 5 U.S. 1
  • 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: 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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