STATE OF GEORGIA
v.
STANTON

U.S. | 1867-12-01
6 Wall. 50 Supreme Court of the United States (1867) Negative Treatment
Also reported at: 18 L. Ed. 721 · 1867 U.S. LEXIS 937 · SCDB 1867-037
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Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE:

The CHIEF JUSTICE:

Without being able to yield my assent to the grounds stated in the opinion just read for the dismissal of the complainant’s bill, I concur fully in the conclusion that the case made by the bill, is one of which this court has no jurisdiction.

Bill dismissed for want of Jurisdiction.


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  • Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (U.S. 1962)
    …rliament.” In The Pocket Veto Case, 279 U. S. 655, the Court undertook a review of the veto provisions of the Constitution and concluded that the measure in litigation had not become a law. Cf. Coleman v. Miller, 307 U. S. 433. Georgia v. Stanton, 6 Wall. 50, involved the application of the Reconstruction Acts to Georgia — laws which destroyed by force the internal regime of that State. Yet the Court refused to take jurisdiction. That question was no more “political” than a host of others we have entert…
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  • Commonwealth of Mass. v. Mellon, 262 U.S. 447 (U.S. 1923)
    …pshire v. Louisiana; New York v. Louisiana, 108 U. S. 76, this Court declined to take jurisdiction of actions to enforce payment of the bonds of another State for the benefit of the assignors, citizens of the plaintiff States. In Georgia v. Stanton, 6 Wall. 50, 75, and kindred cases, to which we shall presently refer, jurisdiction was denied in respect of questions of a political or governmental character. On the other hand, jurisdiction was maintained in Texas v. White, 7 [*482] Wall. 700; Florida v. And…
  • Quern v. Jordan, 440 U.S. 332 (U.S. 1979)
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