Court Cases essays

Court Cases essays 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 Signifigence: Set up the policy of Judicial Review Issue: New Hampshire was attempting to regulate Dartmouth college who claimed they couldn't because they had a royal charter Signifigence: Declared the sanctity of contracts 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) Issue: Maryland attempted to tax the banks in its state (including the BUS) Significance: Congress had the right to a national bank due to the ellastic clause and the states could not interfere with a federal bank 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) Significance: Government may regulate the manner in which citizens can use his or her property once it is used for the public good 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 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 ...