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TERRETT AND OTHERS v. TAYLOR AND OTHERS (1815)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
TERRETT AND OTHERS v. TAYLOR AND OTHERS
Term: 1815
Important Dates
Argued: February 19, 1814
Decided: February 17, 1815
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington

TERRETT AND OTHERS v. TAYLOR AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 17, 1815. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 1814.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1810s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Free exercise of religion
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • 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: 13 U.S. 43
  • 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: Joseph Story

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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