FAIRFAX'S EXECUTOR v. ANN FAIRFAX (1809)
FAIRFAX'S EXECUTOR v. ANN FAIRFAX |
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Term: 1809 |
Important Dates |
Argued: February 16, 1809 |
Decided: February 21, 1809 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington |
FAIRFAX'S EXECUTOR v. ANN FAIRFAX is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1809. The case was argued before the court on February 16, 1809.
In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
- Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 9 U.S. 19
- 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 liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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