Legal Opinion
New Orleans v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 18, 1836PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
35 U.S. 526 (____)
10 Pet. 526
*THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND INHABITANTS OF NEW ORLEANS, APPELLANTS,
v.
THE UNITED STATES.
Supreme Court of United States.
The case was argued by Mr. Webster, and by Mr. Livingston, for the appellants; and by Mr. Butler, attorney-general, for the United States.
2Opinion of the Court · M'LeanJustice M'Lean
This case is brought before this court by an appeal from the decree of the district court for the eastern district of Louisiana.
*Under a practice which is peculiar to Louisiana, the [*711 attorney of the United States, on their behalf presented a petition to the court; which represented that the mayor of the city of…
3Cases cited2 opinions
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