M'culloch v. State of Maryland

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1819-03-18

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Mr. Chief Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court. In the.case now to be determined, the defendant, a sovereign State, denies the obligation of a law enacted by the legislature of the Union, and the plaintiff, on his part, contests the validity of an act which has been passed by the legislature of that Sta…

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