Legal Opinion
Cohens v. Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 18, 1821PublishedCited by 2,051 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
19 U.S. 264 (1821)
6 Wheat. 264
COHENS
v.
VIRGINIA.
Supreme Court of United States.
February 18, 1821.
March 2, 1821.
March 5, 1821.
Mr. Barbour, for the defendant in error.
Mr. D.B. Ogden, for the plaintiffs in error.
Mr. Webster, contra.
2Opinion of the Court · MarshallChief Justice Marshall
This is a writ of error to a judgment rendered in the Court of Hustings for the borough of Norfolk, on an information for selling lottery tickets, contrary to an act of the Legislature of Virginia. In the State Court, the defendant claimed the protection of an act of Congress. A case was agreed between the parties, which states the act of Assembly on which the…
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