TABLE OF CASES AND CONTENTS.

WILLIAM MARBURY v. JAMES MADISON:

Power and duty of the courts to declare acts of Congress in

conflict with the Constitution void......

UNITED STATES v. FISHER AND OTHERS, ASSIGNEES OF BLIGHT,

A BANKRUPT:

1

Congress may constitutionally give the United States a

preference in bankruptcy over other creditors....

42

HEPBURN ANd Dundas v. ELLZEY:

The District of Columbia is not a State within the meaning

of the Constitution.....

48

BANK OF THE United StATES v. DEVEAUX AND OTHERS:

Federal jurisdiction over corporations....

166

UNITED STATES v. JUDGE PETERS:

Sanctity and force of judgments of the Federal courts-Their

inviolability by the States....

180

FLETCHER V. PECK:

The Constitution of the United States forbids a State from

impairing its own contracts or grants of property by subse-

quent legislation.....

UNITED STATES v. BEVANS:

194

The admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the Federal

courts under the Constitution and the Crimes Act of 1790.. 218

STURGES V. CROWNINSHIELD:

Respective constitutional powers of the General and State

governments as to bankrupt and insolvent laws - The au-

thority of the States is subject to the contract-clause of the

Federal Constitution....

226

M'CULLOCH v. STATE OF MARYLAND AND OTHERS:

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National and State sovereignty — Congress has the constitu-

tional power to charter a bank as a fiscal agency of the Gen-

eral Government - The States have no power to tax its

operations or franchises without the consent of Congress... 252/

TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE v. WOODWARD:

Date when Constitution took effect - Contract-clause not

retroactive........

352

COHENS v. STATE OF VIRGINIA:

Constitutional supremacy of the Supreme Court over judg-

ments of State courts denying Federal rights.....

357

GIBBONS v. OGDEN:

The national supremacy over foreign and interstate com-

merce

OSBORN . BANK OF UNITED STATES:

... 421

State laws taxing the franchises or functions of Federal in-

strumentalities unconstitutional - The enforcement of such

laws may be enjoined by the Federal courts...

BANK OF UNITED STATES v. PLANTERS' BANK:

... 468

Constitutional scope of Federal judicial power over corpora-

tions in which a State is interested...

BROWN v. MARYLAND:

512

Paramount power of Congress to regulate commerce -

The States cannot tax commerce nor require an importer to

take a license and pay a revenue license fee therefor before

he can sell the imported article in the original package.... 520

OGDEN v. SAUNDERS:

Constitutional validity of State insolvent and bankrupt laws 549

AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY v. CANTER:

The United States has the constitutional power to acquire

territory by conquest or treaty, and Congress, subject to the

Constitution, may provide for the government of such terri-

tory during the territorial condition...

586

WESTON V. CITY OF CHARLESTON:

The States have no power to tax United States bonds or

stocks

CRAIG v. STATE OF MISSOURI:

The issue by a State of paper money on the credit of the State

is the emission of "bills of credit," and violates the Consti-

tution of the United States....

PROVIDENCE BANK v. BILLINGS AND PITTMAN:

Taxation by a State of corporations chartered by it, where

there is no express contract for exemption from taxation,

does not violate the contract-clause of the Federal Constitu

tion ....

CHEROKEE NATION v. GEORGIA:

Constitutional relation between the General Government,

the several States of the Union, and the Indian tribes - Na-

tional authority supreme-
Jurisdiction of the Supreme

Court.

604

617

644

655

WORCESTER v. GEORGIA:

The National authority over Indian tribes as against the

States is supreme and exclusive......

680

BARRON V. BALTIMORE:

The fifth amendment of the Constitution as to the power of

eminent domain applies only to the United States and has

no application to the several States...

724

BRIG WILSON v. UNITED STATES:

The power of Congress to regulate commerce extends as well

to navigation and vessels as to cargoes..

736

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UNITED STATES v. MAURICE AND OTHERS:

Respective powers of Congress and the President as to the

creation and appointment to offices of the United States... 741

CHRONOLOGICAL DATA..........

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LIST OF CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE UNITED STATES...

LIST OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF THE UNITED STATES...

LIST OF ATTORNEYS-GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

LIST OF REPORTERS OF THE SUPREME COURT

AUTHORS AND WORKS CITED IN THIS VOLUME.

CASES CITED IN THIS VOLUME

INDEX TO THIS VOLUME

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756

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

PORTRAIT OF MARSHALL

Frontispiece

The frontispiece of the present volume is engraved by Gutekunst of Philadelphia, from the celebrated Inman portrait, generally regarded as the most satisfactory of all the portraits of the Chief Justice. The portrait was painted at the request of the Bar Association of Philadelphia, and the original now hangs in the rooms of the Law Association in that city. It represents the Chief Justice in his later life. The interesting proceedings of the Bar Association of Philadelphia which resulted in the production of this portrait, and other matters concerning it, will be found in the Marshall Memorial, Volume III, pages 430–433.

FACSIMILE OF THE LAST PAGE OF THE MSS.
OPINION OF CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL IN WOR-
CESTER V. GEORGIA

FACSIMILE OF LETTER OF CHIEF JUSTICE MAR-
SHALL TO RICHARD PETERS, THE REPORTER,
CONCERNING THE OPINION IN WORCESTER V.
GEORGIA

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