United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 21U.S. Government Printing Office, 1823 - Courts |
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... authority to declare a State law unconstitutional , upon the ground of its impairing the obligation of a compact between different States of the Union . The prohibition of the constitution embraces all contracts , executed or executory ...
... authority to declare a State law unconstitutional , upon the ground of its impairing the obligation of a compact between different States of the Union . The prohibition of the constitution embraces all contracts , executed or executory ...
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... authority of this Court . This de- pends upon a principle peculiar to our constitu- tions , and which distinguishes them from every free and limited government which has been hi- therto known in the world . In England , the legislative ...
... authority of this Court . This de- pends upon a principle peculiar to our constitu- tions , and which distinguishes them from every free and limited government which has been hi- therto known in the world . In England , the legislative ...
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... authority would do . Thus , the act of 1812 con- founds together the case of the person lying in wait with his title , to take an unfair advantage of the compact , and that of the rightful owner , who has constantly and openly pursued ...
... authority would do . Thus , the act of 1812 con- founds together the case of the person lying in wait with his title , to take an unfair advantage of the compact , and that of the rightful owner , who has constantly and openly pursued ...
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... authority , for a long series of years , during which it has reviewed it , expressly adhered to its principle , and given it a more expansive effect . 3. If the compact is to be treated as one made with all necessary solemnities , the ...
... authority , for a long series of years , during which it has reviewed it , expressly adhered to its principle , and given it a more expansive effect . 3. If the compact is to be treated as one made with all necessary solemnities , the ...
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... of the land . But the ground on which the Courts of West- minster have assumed jurisdiction in such cases is 1823 . Green V. Biddle Green V. Biddle . 1823. that of their transcendent authority OF THE UNITED STATES . 47.
... of the land . But the ground on which the Courts of West- minster have assumed jurisdiction in such cases is 1823 . Green V. Biddle Green V. Biddle . 1823. that of their transcendent authority OF THE UNITED STATES . 47.
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Page 322 - States, in the same manner and under the same regulations, and the writ shall have the same effect, as if the judgment or decree complained of had been rendered or passed in a...
Page 676 - Illinois, administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said...
Page 586 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States, Virginia inclusive...
Page 17 - It is no answer, that the acts of Kentucky now in question are regulations of the remedy, and not of the right to the lands. If these acts so change the nature and extent of existing remedies as materially to impair the rights and interests of the owner, they are just as much a violation of the compact as if they overturned his rights and interests.
Page 67 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Page 588 - The existence of this power must negative the existence of any right which may conflict with and control it. An absolute title to lands cannot exist, at the same time, in different persons, or in different governments.
Page 592 - However this restriction may be opposed to natural right, and to the usages of civilized nations, yet, if it be indispensable to that system under which the country has been settled, and be adapted to the actual condition of the two people, it may, perhaps, be supported by reason, and certainly cannot be rejected by courts of justice.
Page 341 - ... office of discount and deposit of the! bank of the United States within that state, to*be collected, in case of refusal?
Page 544 - Declarations hereafter expressed, all those Lands, Countries, and Territories, situate, lying, and being in that Part of America, called Virginia, from the Point of Land, called Cape or Point Comfort, all along the Sea Coast...