Ward v. Maryland
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Court of Appeals ofthe State of Maryland;, the case being this : The Constitution of the United States, in one place, thus ordains: “Article IY. Sec. 2. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.” Also thus, in another : ■“Article I. Sec. 8. The Congress shall have power to regulate commerce among the several States.”
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Error to the Court of Appeals ofthe State of Maryland;, the case being this : The Constitution of the United States, in one place, thus ordains: “Article IY. Sec. 2. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.” Also thus, in another : ■“Article I. Sec. 8. The Congress shall have power to regulate commerce among the several States.” With, these provisions in force, as fundamental law,-the State of Maryland passed' two general laws regulating the ■subject of traders.* One part of the enactment regulated ■.traders resident…
1Opinion of the Court 1
79 U.S. 418 (____)
12 Wall. 418
WARD
v.
MARYLAND.
Supreme Court of United States.
Mr. W.M. Evarts, for the plaintiff in error.
Mr. I.D. Jones, Attorney-General of the State of Maryland, contra.
2Opinion of the Court · CliffordJustice Clifford
Power to re-examine final judgments of the State courts rendered in criminal prosecutions, as well as those rendered in civil suits, is conferred upon the Supreme Court when it appears that the judgment was rendered in the highest court of law in which a decision in the case could be had, and that there was drawn in question the validity of a statute of a State, on the ground of its being repugnant to the…
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- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Ward v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- People v. MaringNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Fire Department v. WrightNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1854