TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The 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. (Consti-

tution of the United States, Article III, Section 1.)

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this

Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made,

under their Authority. (Constitution of the United States, Article III, Section 2.)

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance

thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United

States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound

thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

(Constitution of the United States, Article VI.)

The judicial Power shall extend

to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other pub-

lic Ministers and Consuls;-to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;-to Con-

troversies to which the United States shall be a Party;—to Controversies between two or

more States;-between a State and Citizens of another State; ... (Constitution of the

United States, Article III, Section 2.)

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in

law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of

another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State. (Constitution of the United
States, XIth Amendment.)

In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in

which a State shall be a Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. (Con-

stitution of the United States, Article III, Section 2.)

I. THE UNITED STATES, THE STATES, THE TERRITORIES COMPOSING

THE AMERICAN UNION1

The States Prior to the Constitution

Respublica v. Sweers (1 Dallas, 41), 1779...
Ware v. Hylton (3 Dallas, 198), 1796...

The Union and the States under the Constitution

Chisholm v. State of Georgia (2 Dallas, 419), 1793.
Ableman v. Booth (21 Howard, 506), 1858...
State of Texas v. White (7 Wallace, 700), 1868...
United States v. Cruikshank (92 U. S. 542), 1875..

The United States and Territories of the Union

Hepburn & Dundas v. Ellzey (2 Cranch, 445), 1805...

New Orleans v. Winter (1 Wheaton, 91), 1816.....

Coyle v. Smith (221 U. S. 559), 1911.........

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II. THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF JUDICIAL POWER OF THE CONSTI-

TUTION AND ITS RELATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE

POWER OF THE UNITED STATES.

Definition of Judicial Power

Opinions on Judicial Powers of the Federal Judges (2 Dallas, 410, note), 1792..........

Hayburn's Case (2 Dallas, 409), 1792..............

United States v. Todd (13 Howard, 52, note), 1794..

United States v. Ferreira (13 Howard, 40), 1851..

Gordon v. United States (117 U. S. 697), 1864..

Railroad Company v. State of Tennessee (101 U. S. 337), 1879...

United States v. Evans (213 U. S. 297), 1909.....

Judicial Control over Constitutionality of Legislative Acts

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Winthrop v. Lechmere (7 Connecticut Colonial Records, 571), 1728...

Holmes v. Walton (4 American Historical Review, 456), 1780....

Trevett v. Weeden (Coxe, Judicial Power and Unconstitutional Legislation, 234), 1786. 101

Bayard v. Singleton (1 Martin, N. C. 48), 1787.....

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The cases have been printed, in every instance, from the original Reports, and the
Editor is deeply indebted to the owners of the copyright, the Banks Law Publishing Com-
pany, for permission to use the official edition for this purpose.

Vanhorne's Lessee v. Dorrance (2 Dallas, 304), 1795..

Marbury v. Madison (1 Cranch, 137), 1803...

McCulloch v. State of Maryland (4 Wheaton, 316), 1819.

Collector v. Day (11 Wallace, 113), 1870...

Distinction between Judicial and Political Power

Foster v. Neilson (2 Peters, 253), 1829...

Williams v. Suffolk Insurance Company (13 Peters, 415), 1839.

Luther v. Borden (7 Howard, 1), 1849....

The Prize Cases (2 Black, 635), 1862..

State of Mississippi v. Johnson (4 Wallace, 475), 1866.

State of Georgia v. Stanton (6 Wallace, 50), 1867....

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209

Pacific Tel. Co. v. State of Oregon (223 U. S. 118), 1912...

Process by which Political become Justiciable Questions

State of Rhode Island v. State of Massachusetts (12 Peters, 657, 736-738), 1838...676, 729-731

Relation between Federal and State Judiciary

Cohens v. State of Virginia (6 Wheaton, 264), 1821...

Martin v. Hunter (1 Wheaton, 304), 1816......

Osborn v. Bank of the United States (9 Wheaton, 738), 1824.

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Ex parte McCardle (7 Wallace, 506), 1868..

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Claflin v. Houseman (93 U. S. 130), 1876...

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III. THE NATURE OF A CASE, CONTROVERSY, OR SUIT

State of Wisconsin v. Pelican Ins. Co. (127 U. S. 265), 1888.....

La Abra Silver Mining Co. v. United States (175 U. S. 423), 1899.

Ke. Metropolitan Railway Receivership (208 U. S. 90), 1908....

Muskrat v. United States (219 U. S. 346), 1911..

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IV. LAW AND EQUITY; ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME JURISDICTION;

VI. SUITS BY INDIVIDUALS AGAINST STATES

Suits against States

Vanstophorst v. State of Maryland (2 Dallas, 401), 1791..

Oswald v. State of New York (2 Dallas, 401), 1792...

Oswald v. State of New York (2 Dallas, 402), 1792.

Oswald v. State of New York (2 Dallas, 415), 1793..

Chisholm v. State of Georgia (2 Dallas, 419), 1793.

Grayson v. State of Virginia (3 Dallas, 320), 1796..

Huger v. State of South Carolina (3 Dallas, 339), 1797.

Hollingsworth v. State of Virginia (3 Dallas, 378), 1798.

Fowler v. Lindsey (3 Dallas, 411), 1799...........

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483

Suits against State Officials affecting States

United States v. Peters (5 Cranch, 115), 1809.

Bank of United States v. Planters' Bank of Georgia (9 Wheaton, 904), 1824.

Governor of Georgia v. Madrazo (1 Peters, 110), 1828..

Ex parte Madrazo (7 Peters, 627), 1833..

United States v. Lee (106 U. S. 196), 1882.

State of Louisiana v. Jumel (107 U. S. 711), 1882..

Poindexter v. Greenhow (114 U. S. 270), 1884.

In re Ayers (123 U. S. 443), 1887...

Hans v. State of Louisiana (134 U. S. 1), 1889.

Ex parte Young (209 U. S. 123), 1909..

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VII. CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN STATES

Colony of Rhode Island v. Colony of Connecticut (3 Acts of the Privy Council,

Colonial Series, 10), 1727.....

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Colony of Rhode Island v. Colony of Massachusetts (3 Acts of the Privy Council,

Colonial Series, 436), 1746.....

577

Penn v. Lord Baltimore (Ridgway tempore Hardwicke, 332), 1745.

Penn v. Lord Baltimore (1 Vesey Senior, 444), 1750....

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588

Penn v. Lord Baltimore (Vesey Senior Supplement, 194), 1750..

598

State of Pennsylvania v. State of Connecticut (131 U. S., Appendix, p. liv), 1781..... 601

State of New York v. State of Connecticut (4 Dallas, 1), 1799.

State of New York v. State of Connecticut (4 Dallas, 3), 1799.

State of New York v. State of Connecticut (4 Dallas, 6), 1799.

State of New Jersey v. State of New York (3 Peters, 461), 1830.

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