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UNITED STATES VERSUS JUDGE LAWRENCE

Term: 1795
Important Dates
Argued: February 18, 1795
Decided: March 3, 1795
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
John Blair • William Cushing • James Iredell • John Jay • William Paterson • James Wilson

UNITED STATES VERSUS JUDGE LAWRENCE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1795. The case was argued before the court on February 18, 1795.

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

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

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Judge
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 3 U.S. 42
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Jay
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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