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Marshall, John, 1755-1835 Supreme Court Opinion, Osborn et al. v. the Bank of the U.S.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03653 Author/Creator: Marshall, John, 1755-1835 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1824 Pagination: 42 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

The case upheld the primacy of Federal law over the states. Not in Rhodes' calendar of Marshall's papers (1969). Compare: writings (1839) 315-42, Dillon, Complete Constitutional Decisions of Marshall, (1903) 466-511, and other sources.

Marshall, John, 1755-1835

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