Tennessee v. Davis

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1880-03-18

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Mr. Justice Strong delivered the opinion of the court. The first of the questions certified is one of great importance, bringing as it does into consideration the relation of the general government to the government of the States, and bringing also into vAw not merely the construction of an act of Congress, but its constitutionality. That in this case the de…

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