The Documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800 / with a foreword by Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States ; Maeva Marcus, editor, James R. Perry, editor ; James M. Buchanan, associate editor, Christine R. Jordan, associate editor ; Stephen L. Tull, assistant editor, Sandra F. VanBurkleo, assistant editor, Sarah E. Blank, assistent editor, Nancy L. Matthews, assistant editor ; Marc Pachter, illustrations editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States. Supreme Court, author.

Contributor:

Marcus, Maeva, 1941- editor.

Perry, James R., 1950-1990, editor.

United States. Supreme Court, author.

Series:

LLMC-digital (Series)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court--History--Sources.

United States.

United States. Supreme Court.

History.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 volumes in 9) : illustrations

Manufacture:

New York : Columbia University Press.

Place of Publication:

[New York?] : DeWitt Wallace : The William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, 1985-[2007]

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

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Summary:

Volume 5 addresses those Supreme Court cases brought against a state by a citizen of another state or foreign nation during the 1790's. This volume deals with not only the landmark case of "Chisholm v. Georgia, "in which the Court determined that it had jurisidiction over such suits, but also with six lesser-known cases in which states were sued. For each case the editors provide a historical introduction and publish the relevant documents, including court papers, personal correspondence, lawyers' notes, justices' manuscript opinions, proceedings of state legislatures, newspaper articles, and pamphlets. The documents shed light on the unique circumstances of each of these controversial suits, and reveal the extent of the discussion that the cases prompted on the general issue of state soverignty. With the ratification of the 11th Amendment, the "Chisolm"decision was overturned. This volume traces the process by which the amendment became a part of the Constitution.

Contents:

v. 1. pt. 1. Appointments and proceedings

v. 1. pt. 2. Commentaries on appointments and proceedings

v. 2. The justices on circuit, 1790-1794

v. 3. The justices on circuit, 1795-1800

v. 4. Organizing the federal judiciary: Legislation and commentaries

v. 5. Suits against states

v. 6. Cases, 1790-1795

v. 7. Cases, 1796-1797

v. 8. Cases, 1798-1800.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of reproduction not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800.

OCLC:

560536142

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