Bartle v. Coleman

Bartle v. Coleman, 19 U.S. (6 Wheat.) 475 (1821), was a United States Supreme Court case.

Bartle v. Coleman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 10, 1821
Full case name	Bartle v. Coleman
Citations	19 U.S. 475 (more) 6 Wheat. 475; 5 L. Ed. 309; 1821 U.S. LEXIS 367
Court membership
Chief Justice John Marshall Associate Justices Bushrod Washington · William Johnson H. Brockholst Livingston · Thomas Todd Gabriel Duvall · Joseph Story
Case opinion
Majority	Marshall

Background

Andrew Bartle, George Coleman, and Ferdinand Marsteller had entered into a contract with the United States government to rebuild a location called Fort Washington, possibly meaning Fort Washington (Maryland) which was captured by the British in the War of 1812.

Arbitrators had rules that Bartle should pay Coleman.

Opinion

The Supreme Court reversed the judgement.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 19

External links

• Text of Bartle v. Coleman, 19 U.S. (6 Wheat.) 475 (1821) is available from: CourtListener Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress OpenJurist