Leisy v. Hardin, 135 U.S. 100; 10 S. Ct. 681; 34 L. Ed. 128 (1890) Facts—Leisy, a brewer of Peoria, Illinois, brought an action to recover a quantity of barrels and cases of beer that had been seized in a…
Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515; 8 L. Ed. 483 (1832) Facts—Georgia adopted a law under which it sentenced a Vermont missionary to the Cherokees to four years in prison for residing within the Cherokee Territory without a license from…
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 1; 8 L. Ed. 25; U.S. LEXIS 337 (1831) Facts—The Cherokee nation filed a suit enjoining Georgia from enforcing laws that parceled out Indian lands and otherwise interfered with their rights. Questions— (a) Is…
K. RAMASWAMY, J. – Though the respondent was served on July 29, 1991, he neither appeared in person, nor through counsel. The facts set out in the complaint eloquently manifest on its face a clear abuse of the process of…
Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 Dallas (2 U.S.) 419 (1793) Facts—A South Carolina citizen who was the executor of the estate of a merchant who had sold goods during the Revolutionary War to Georgia, for which he had not been compensated,…
Sprietsman v. Mercury Marine, 537 U.S. 51; 123 S. Ct. 518; 154 L. Ed. 2d 466 (2002) Facts—Sprietsman’s wife was killed in a boating accident on a lake between Tennessee and Kentucky. He sued Mercury Marine, the manufacturer of the…
Pennsylvania v. Nelson, 350 U.S. 497; 76 S. Ct. 477; 100 L. Ed. 640 (1956) Facts—An acknowledged member of the Communist Party, Steve Nelson was convicted in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, of violation of the Pennsylvania Sedition Act. He was sentenced…
Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona, 325 U.S. 761; 65 S. Ct. 1515; 89 L. Ed. 1915 (1945) Facts—The Arizona Train Limit Law required that any person or corporation operating within the state a railroad train with more than fourteen passenger…
Federal Maritime Commission v. South Carolina State Ports Authority, 535 U.S. 743; 122 S. Ct. 1864; 152 L. Ed. 2d 962 (2002) Facts—The South Carolina State Ports Authority refused permission to berth a cruise ship, which provided for gambling, at…
Lapides v. Board of Regents of University of Georgia, 535 U.S. 613; 122 S. Ct. 1640; 152 L. Ed. 2d 806 (2002) Facts—Lapides, a professor in the Georgia State University system, brought suit in a Georgia state court against actions…