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• Creation of the Supreme Court – Article 3 of the Constitution of the United States
Highest Court in all the land is established. Ultimate jurisdiction over all courts. -
John Marshall
4th Cheif Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Stayed in office for 35 years and established many traditons. -
Marbury v. Madison
An important case in which judicial review was established. -
Fletcher v. Peck
This cases was a Supreme Court decision that the state law that said Native Americans did not hold the title to their lands was unconstitutional. -
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
This case began when the president of Dartmouth College got rid of all his trustees. The state of New Hampshire then tried using the contract clause against the president of the College. -
McCollough v. Maryland
A case in which Maryland tried to interfere with a branch of the Second base of the U.S. by making a tax on all notes of banks chartered in Maryland. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
This was a trial about whether or not the Congress had the power to regulate interstate commerce. -
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
The Cherokee people took the state of Georgia to court against there boundary rights. -
Worcester vs. Georgia
A case in which the Supreme Court said that the statute of Georgia was unconstitutional. -
Commonwealth v. Hunt
A case in which tried in the Supreme Court was based on labor unions. Labor unions who tried to close or make a unionized workplace could be charged with conspiracy. -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Case in which the Supreme Court said that blacks were not protected by the Constitution. This case also ruled that blacks could never be U.S. citizens. -
John Jay
First Cheif Justice of the Supreme Court. Stayed in office for six years.
