Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Telfair
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 13, 1800PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
4 U.S. 14 (1800)
4 Dall. 14
Cooper
versus
Telfair.
Supreme Court of United States.
February 13, 1800.
The case was argued by E. Tilghman, for the plaintiff, and by Ingersoll and Dallas, for the defendant.
On the 13th of February 1800, the Judges (except the Chief Justice, who had decided the cause in the Circuit Court) delivered their opinions, seriatim, in substance as follows:
WASHINGTON, Justice.
The constitution of Georgia does not expressly interdict the passing of an act of attainder and confiscation, by the authority of the legislature. Is such an act, then, so repugnant to any constitutional…
2Cited by41 opinions
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