Court Cases Flashcards
Thomas Cooper published an article attacking _______ and the _______ party.
John Adams, Federalist
Involved the constitutionality of the Sedition Acts and the 1st amendment
US V. Thomas Cooper 1800
Thomas Cooper was found guilty of publishing a sedition article and fined $______
400
Thomas Cooper was also imprisoned for _________ when the sedition acts were repealed.
6 months
William Marbury sued __________, secretary of state.
James Madison
He sued him for failing to deliver his appointment as a ___________
Justice of the peace
Marbury was appointed by _______ as a midnight judge
John Adams
The chief justice in the Marbury v. Madison case was ________
John Marshall
__________ wrote the opinion for Marbury v. Madison
John Marshall
Established the principle of Judicial Review
Marbury v. madison
In 1795, the _______ legislature passed a law giving a land grant to four companies then voided the law and the grant the following year.
Georgia
________ received land then sold it to Robert Fletcher.
John Peck
The chief justice for Fletcher V. Peck was ________
John Marshall
The decision was unanimous for ______ and opinion written by John Marshall in Fletcher v. Peck
Peck
Binding contract cannot be invalidated due to the constitutional safeguard on contracts
Fletcher v. peck
Following the American revolution, _______ passed laws to seize loyalist land
Virginia
________ received land from his loyalist uncle, however, the land was transferred back to virginia and given to david hunter
Denny Martin
Court reversed the ruling as it violated the ______ clause of Article IV
Supremacy
Chief justice for Martin v. Hunter Lessee was _____
John marshall
Main issue was the constitutional status of state court rulings
Martin v. Hunter lessee
Martin v. Hunter lessee decision was unanimous for ______ and main opinion was written by Joseph Story
Martin
Federal interpretations of federal law supersede state interpretations
Martin v. hunter lessee
Congress chartered the second bank of the US in ______
1816
1818, ____ passed a law to impose a punitive tax on the bank which other states emulated
Maryland
James McCulloch a Baltimore ________, refused to pay taxes.
Bank Cashier
Maryland’s appeals court found the second bank _________
unconstitutional
The chief justice in McCulloch v. Maryland was ________
John Marshall
The decision was unanimous for McCulloch and opinion written by ________
John Marshall
The court ruled that Congress had the power to incorporate the bank as a part of __________ Clause
Necessary and Proper
States could not tax federal government institutions since that would give them the power to limit or destroy federal creations
McCulloch v. Maryland
Congress passed a law authorizing a lottery in _________
the District of Columbia
The ______ brothers sold lottery tickets in Virginia which violated state law
Cohen
The virginia supreme court found the cohen brothers ______ and put the state laws above the federal government’s
guilty
The decision was unanimous for ______ in Cohen v. Virginia
Virginia
The main issue was the constitutional status of hierarchy in court system
Cohen v. Virginia
The main opinion was written by _______ in Cohen v. Virginia
John Marshall
The court ruled that the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review state criminal proceedings and cases involving constitutional questions.
Cohen v. virginia
Samuel Worcester and others were indicted for living on _______ lands in violation of state law.
Cherokee
The arrangement was not recognized by _______ state law which did not recognize cherokee authority
Georgia
Worcester received a sentence of _____ “hard labors”
four
The issue of constitutional status of indian tribes that involved the supremacy clause
Worcester v. Georgia
The main opinion was written by _______ in Worcester v. Georgia
John Marshall
A writ of error was issued to the superior court of ________ county, georgia
Gwinnett
Georgia law violated the 1791 treaty of ______
Holston
Decision established that states couldn’t enforce laws on native land
Worcester v. georgia
A ______ law prohibited the removal of blacks out of state for purposes of enslaving them
Pennsylvania
Margaret Morgan, a black woman, was moved to pennsylvania by ______ then granted freedom
John Ashmore
A slave catcher _______ was sent to capture Margaret Morgan.
Edward Prigg
Edward prigg was to capture margaret morgan to bring her back to ______ by relatives of Ashmore
Maryland
The chief justice was _______ in Prigg v. Pennsylvania
Roger Taney
Main question was if states could pass a law overruling a federal law involving enslaved persons
Prigg v. Pennsylvania
The decision was 7 - 1 for Prigg and the main opinion was written by ________
Joseph Story
Prigg v. Pennsylvania concluded the Pennsylvania law was unconstitutional and violated the _______ law.
Fugitive Slave
The one dissenting opinion in Prigg v. Pennsylvania was by __________ who wrote that pennsylvania’s law was not in violation of federal law and prigg had not followed either.
Justice John McLean
United States v. Thomas Cooper
1800
Marbury v. Madison
1803
Fletcher v. Peck
1810
Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee
1816
McCulloch v. Maryland
1819
Cohen v. Virginia
1821
Worcester v. Georgia
1832
Prigg v. Pennsylvania
1842
