Marbury v Madison
Issue: President Adams appointed several Federal Justices as "midnight appointments", President Madison did not want them and witheld their pay, one of the judges brought suit for back pay
Decision Against Madison
Signifigence: Set up the policy of Judicial Review
Dartmouth College v Woodward
Issue: New Hampshire was attempting to regulate Dartmouth college who claimed they couldn't because they had a royal charter
Decision: For Dartmouth
Signifigence: Declared the sanctity of contracts
Gibbons v Ogden
Issue: A man was granted monopoly right for water transport in New York and went against another man granted monopoly rights by the US
Decision: In favor of Gibbons (granted by US)
Signifigence: Laws of congress are supreme (supercede states)
McCulloch v Maryland
Issue: Maryland attempted to tax the banks in its state (including the BUS)
Decision: Against Maryland
Significance: Congress had the right to a national bank due to the ellastic clause and the states could not interfere with a federal bank
Munn v Illinois
Issue: Munn had run a grain wharehouse yet didn't apply for a license of public wharehousing (had stated privately then started acquiring many peoples grain and became a public wharehouse)
Decision: Against Munn
Significance: Government may regulate the manner in which citizens can use his or her property once it is used for the public good
Dred Scott v Sanford
Issue: A slave brought suit claiming his freedom because he had resided in a free state for many years
Decision: The Court rulled against Scott
significance: The court not only rulled against Scott but claimed that slaves were property and the government could not regulate slavery at all
Plessey v Ferguson
Issue: Plessy was of mixed descent and paid for first class passage on a RailRoad in Louisiana, during the trip he took a while seat and was charged after refusing to leave
Decision: For Ferguson
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