Ogden v. Saunders

Ogden v. Saunders
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 18-21; March 10, 1827 Decided March 13, 1827
Full case name	Ogden, Plaintiff in Error v. Saunders, Defendant in Error
Citations	25 U.S. 213 (more) 12 Wheat. 213; 6 L. Ed. 606; 1827 U.S. LEXIS 394
Case history
Prior	Court rules for Ogden; brought before Supreme Court on writ of error
Holding
New York law on bankruptcy did not violate the Obligation of Contracts Clause of the United States Constitution.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Marshall Associate Justices Bushrod Washington · William Johnson Gabriel Duvall · Joseph Story Smith Thompson · Robert Trimble
Case opinions
Majority	Johnson
Concur/dissent	Washington
Concur/dissent	Thomson
Concur/dissent	Trimble
Concur/dissent	Marshall, joined by Duvall, Story
Laws applied
Obligation of Contracts Clause

Ogden v. Saunders, 25 U.S. 213 (1827), was a United States Supreme Court case that determined the scope of a bankruptcy law in relation to a clause of the Constitution of the United States.^[1] It is notable for its era in producing multiple opinions from the justices. Justice William Johnson delivered the majority opinion. Chief Justice John Marshall, Justice Gabriel Duvall, and Justice Joseph Story concurred in part and dissented in part to the Court's judgment, while Justices Bushrod Washington, Smith Thompson, and Robert Trimble dissented.