Little et al. v. Barreme et al.

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Printed pages 176–179; particularly 178–179 on whether executive orders excuse the officer. March 12, 1799 instructions reproduced at pages 171–172. A civil damages decision arising from statutory limits on maritime seizure, not a criminal conviction or a general holding that doubt alone makes government conduct unconstitutional. The report’s headnote is separate from Marshall’s opinion. Archival links: Original report scan: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep006/usrep006170/usrep006170.pdf

Date

1804-02-27 (opinion delivered)

Credits

Supreme Court of the United States; Chief Justice John Marshall

Reference collection

Library of Congress, Law Library, U

Archival identity, document boundaries and provenance reviewed; generated text PDF pages visually checked for layout and continuous source coverage. No independent human proofreading. Complete ten-page report scan covering 6 U.S. 170–179. The first page includes the end of a preceding case. Embedded OCR is imperfect and retained as supplied; the original page images are authoritative.

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