In 1808, Tucker crafted another piece of proposed legislation that would have greatly reduced the number of mandatory appeals a party was entitled to, both in an effort to reduce the Court of Appeals's caseload and to curtail what Tucker saw as pointless delay tactics by parties that only served to clog the court system. The Virginia Assembly rejected this proposal, along with Tucker's idea of splitting the Court of Appeals into legal and chancery divisions. During his tenure, Tucker ruled in the notable case of Hudgins v. Wright (1806), a freedom suit in which his former mentor George Wythe had decided in favor of freedom for the slave Jackey Wright and her two children.
In 1808, Tucker crafted another piece of proposed legislation that would have greatly reduced the number of mandatory appeals a party was entitled to, both in an effort to reduce the Court of Appeals's caseload and to curtail what Tucker saw as pointless delay tactics by parties that only served to clog the court system.
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craft
crafted
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another
another
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piece
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case
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proposed
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legislation
legislation
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number
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case
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mandatory
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appeal
appeals
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NNS
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a
a
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nsubj:pass
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party
party
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effort
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mark
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Court
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caseload
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curtail
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pointless
pointless
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compound
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delay
delay
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tactic
tactics
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parties
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only
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served
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clog
clog
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court
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system
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The Virginia Assembly rejected this proposal, along with Tucker's idea of splitting the Court of Appeals into legal and chancery divisions.
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compound
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Virginia
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nsubj
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Assembly
Assembly
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reject
rejected
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proposal
proposal
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case
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case
with
with
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Tucker
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case
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idea
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mark
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splitting
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case
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appeal
Appeals
PROPN
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case
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into
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legal
legal
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cc
and
and
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chancery
chancery
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obl
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division
divisions
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NNS
punct
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During his tenure, Tucker ruled in the notable case of Hudgins v. Wright (1806), a freedom suit in which his former mentor George Wythe had decided in favor of freedom for the slave Jackey Wright and her two children.
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tenure
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nsubj
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Tucker
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rule
ruled
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case
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the
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notable
notable
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obl
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case
case
NOUN
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case
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nmod
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Hudgins
Hudgins
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flat
Number=Sing
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v.
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NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Wright
Wright
PROPN
NNP
punct
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det
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a
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compound
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freedom
freedom
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NN
appos
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suit
suit
NOUN
NN
case
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IN
obl
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his
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former
former
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JJ
nsubj
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mentor
mentor
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NN
appos
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George
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flat
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Wythe
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NNP
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have
had
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decide
decided
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VBN
case
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obl
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favor
favor
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
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IN
nmod
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freedom
freedom
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
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IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
slave
slave
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Jackey
Jackey
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Wright
Wright
PROPN
NNP
cc
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and
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CC
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
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nummod
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two
two
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CD
conj
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child
children
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NNS
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