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VIRGINIA v. WEST VIRGINIA

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78 U.S. 39 (1871)

11 Wall. 39

20 L.Ed. 67

VIRGINIA, v. WEST VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 6, 1871.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was elaborately argued at December Term, 1866, by Messrs. B.R. Curtis and A. Hunter, in support of the bill, and by Messrs. B. Stanton and Reverdy Johnson, in support of the demurrer; and again at this term by Mr. Taylor, Attorney-General of Virginia, Messrs. B.R. Curtis, and A. Hunter, on the former side, and Messrs. B. Stanton, C.J. Faulkner, and Reverdy Johnson, contra.

Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The first proposition on which counsel insist, in support of the demurrer is, that this court has no jurisdiction of the case, because it involves the consideration of questions purely political; that is to say, that the main question to be decided is the conflicting claims of the two States to the exercise of political jurisdiction and sovereignty over the territory and...

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