The United States v. Judge Peters

Decision Date01 February 1809
Citation3 L.Ed. 53,5 Cranch 115,9 U.S. 115
PartiesTHE UNITED STATES v. JUDGE PETERS
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

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  • Valdivia v. Schwarzenegger, Civ. No. S-2-94-671 LKK/GGH.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. Eastern District of California
    • March 26, 2009
    ...the rights acquired under those judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery.'" Id., citing United States v. Peters, 5 Cranch 115, 136, 3 L.Ed. 53 (1809). "A Governor who asserts a power to nullify a federal court order is similarly restrained." Id. at 18-19, 78 S.Ct. 1401; s......
  • Welch v. Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation
    • United States
    • United States Supreme Court
    • June 25, 1987
    ...Amendment in admiralty' " prior to 1921. Post, at 499 (citation omitted). It nevertheless asserts that dicta in United States v. Peters, 5 Cranch 115, 3 L.Ed. 53 (1809), and Governor of Georgia v. Madrazo, 1 Pet. 110, 7 L.Ed. 73 (1828), support the "holding" of United States v. Bright, 24 F......
  • Seminole Tribe Florida v. Florida
    • United States
    • United States Supreme Court
    • March 27, 1996
    ...involving the title and disposition of a state's real and personal property." Id., at 20-21. The earliest cases, United States v. Peters, 5 Cranch 115, 3 L.Ed. 53 (1809), and Osborn v. Bank of United States, 9 Wheat. 738, 6 L.Ed. 204 (1824), embrace the English practice of permitting suits ......
  • Harvest v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUC. OF MANATEE CO., FLA., 65-12 Civ. T.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 11th Circuit. United States District Court of Middle District of Florida
    • April 11, 1970
    ...government must yield. Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 1 Wheat. 304, 4 L.Ed. 97 (1816); U.S.Const. Art. 6, Cl. 2; see United States v. Peters, 5 Cranch 115, 3 L.Ed. 53 (1809). In his Response, Claude R. Kirk, Jr. admits to certain facts, denies he is in contempt, injects certain irrelevancies, a......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • United States
    • The Path of Constitutional Law Suplemmentary Materials
    • January 1, 2007
    ...v. Feeney, 442 U.S. 256, 99 S.Ct. 2282, 60 L.Ed.2d 870 (1979), 1114-15, 1175-76 Peters, United States v., 9 U.S. (5 Cranch) 115, 3 L.Ed. 53 (1809), 600, 613 Page 1701 Petty Motor Co., United States v., 327 U.S. 372, 66 S.Ct. 596, 90 L.Ed. 729 (1946), 981 PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin, 532 U.S. 6......
  • Establishing Judicial Review? Schooner Peggy and the Early Marshall Court
    • United States
    • Political Research Quarterly No. 51-1, March 1998
    • March 1, 1998
    ...elites gener-ally accepted judicial review, at least in theory. Jay and Ellsworth Court justices7 See, i.e., United States v. Peters, 9 U.S. 115 (1809).8 The Schooner Peggy opinion did assert that "if the nation has given up the vested rightsof its citizens, it is not for the court, but for......

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