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John Jay
Born on december 12 1745, was the first Cheif Justice of the United States. He was also the president of the continental congess and the first person to try to emancipate slavery. -
John Marshall
was born on September 24, 1755. Was the Cheif Justice of the United States form1801 to 1835. He was also the leader of the federalist party and Secretary of Justice under president John Adams. -
Creation of Supreme Court
Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution states that "[t]he judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." The supreme court was created under this act. -
Marburyv. Madison
Marbury was appointed to the supreme court in the last days of Madison's presidency. He sued madison for not giving him his commision. In the end he justice Marshal rueled the judiciary act of 1789 unconstitutional which would not let marbury receive his commision. -
Fetcher v. Peck
Peck bought land under the land act of 1795. Then sold the land to Fletcher who brought the charge up saying peck didn't truely own it when he sold the land to him. The result was the contract was voided because the law was unconstitutional. (this was the first state law to be ruled unconstitutional) -
Darmouth College vs Woodward
Darmouth college wanted to stay a private school. The ruling on the case is that the law was unconstitutional to change the college to a public school. -
McCollough v. Maryland
The second bank of America and the tax on it by Maryland were the questions in the case. The ruling was that the second bank of America was allowed to be made, but the state of maryland couldn't tax it because the bank was a federal institute and a state couldn't tax it. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
The state of new york was going to grant a monopoly to a steamboat company. Even though it conflicted with a charter given by congress. In the end the law was ruled unconstitutional and established the governments control over interstate commerce. -
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
It was a U.S. Supreme Court case where the Cherokee Nation was against laws being passed by the state of Georgia depriving them of certain rights within their boundaries. The Supreme Court wouldn't listen to them. The significance was they saw the Cherokee Nation as a foreign nation and they decided that they didn't have to rule on their case. -
Worcester v. Georgia
It was a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court took away the conviction of Samuel Worcester and that people who were non-indian couldn't be on indian lands without a license was unconstitutional. The significance was that it was taking the indians land away that they had set aside for them. -
Commonweath v. Hunt
It was a legal decision issued by the Massachusettes Supreme Judicial Court on Labor Unions. The Chief Justice ruled that unions were legal organizations and had rights. The significance was that it legalized the existence of trade organizations. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
It was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves were not protected by the Constitution and could never be considered U.S. citizens. It was also known as the Dred Scott Decision. The significance of it was that the Supreme Court was racist in their decision making about African Americans.
