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John Jay
John Jay was the first chief justice of state, which was New York at the time and also the first cheif justice of the supreme court of the United States. He was a supreme court contibuter and helped develop the Surpreme court we use today. -
Creation of Surpreme Court (Article 2)
The Creation of the Surpreme court is stated in Article 2 of the Constitution. It's significant because it is still in effect today, almost 250 years later and also helped established our surpreme court. -
John Marshall
John Marshall was the chief justice of the US Surpreme court for 3 decades. John made the Supreme Court a Judicial branch to add on to the executive and legislative branches. He forced Judicial review within the supreme court, meaning that they could desreguard laws if they violated the Constitution. He is significant because of his development in the American Legal System. -
Marbury vs. Madison
Marbury vs Madison was the first time a court declared a law unconstitutional. (judicial review) It's significant because it helped define the Check and Balances of American Form of government. -
Fletcher vs. Peck
The Fletcher vs. Peck case was all about land and who it belonged to. This involved the Indians and Georgia. Fletcher ended up losing the case because, once again, it was called for as uconstitutional.Significant because it marked the first time that a state law had been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Trustees sued the state of New Hampshire claiming that the state had no control over passing laws of impairing the obligations of the charters sent by the king of England.
It helped make the principles that corporations, like Dartmouth College, were protected from alteration by states for public reasons. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
This case was all about whether or not the government could create a bank (since the constitution made no mention of it) and if states could places taxes on federal banks. Marshall came to the conclusion that the government could create a bank but states could not enforce taxes on federal banks. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
New York wanted to grant a monopoly to a steamboat company. However it affected a charter made by congress. Marshall declared it unconstitutional. -
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
The Cherokee Indians were upset about the indian removal act so they tried to take it to court. Unfortunately they were said to not be a foreign nations and that they had no right to sue in court. It's significant because it led to the second case. -
Worcester v. Georgia
This case was a follow up of the Cherokee case in 1831. Court stated that GA didnt have the right to make the Cherokkee moce out west. This create quarrels between the state and Andrew Jackson. It's significant because it gives us a feel for andrew jacksons character and also tells us how the indians were treated then, -
Commonwealth v. Hunt
(occurred in Massachussetts) In this case, the final decision was to allow unions to create a labor contract for it's employees. It's significant because today we still have papers that say you cannot over work your employees at certain ages and minimum pay, etc -
• Dred Scott v. Sanford
Dred scott was a slave during this time from Missourri. He was taken from missouri to up north on free territory for two years. After the two years ended, he went to Missourri again to sue for his fredom since he had been living on free grounds. Unfortunately, he didnt win the vote. Its significant because it led to the Supreme Courts deccision of making all western territory available for slavery.
