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MARBURY v. MADISON

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5 U.S. 137 (1803)

1 Cranch 137

2 L.Ed. 60

WILLIAM MARBURY, v. JAMES MADISON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 24, 1803.

Opinion of the Court.

At the last term on the affidavits then read and filed with the clerk, a rule was granted in this case, requiring the secretary of state to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, directing him to deliver to William Marbury his commission as a justice of the peace for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia.

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