Cohens v. Virginia

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:appeal Violation of federal law
gptkbp:caseTypes Criminal case
No. 1
gptkbp:citedBy 19 U.S. (6 Wheat.) 264
19 U.S. 264 (1821)
gptkbp:context Post-War_of_1812_legal_landscape
gptkbp:court gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
Affirmed lower court's decision
gptkbp:decidedBy 1821
Unanimous decision
gptkbp:doctrine Federalism
gptkbp:established Yes
gptkbp:historicalContext Early 19th century America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cohens v. Virginia
gptkbp:impact Strengthened federal judicial power
gptkbp:is_involved_in State of Virginia
Cohens_brothers
gptkbp:judges nan
Cohens_found_guilty
gptkbp:legal_principle Judicial review
State vs. Federal authority
gptkbp:legal_representation Cohens_represented_by_attorney
gptkbp:notableFeature Influenced future federal-state relations
gptkbp:outcome Reinforced federal authority
Supreme_Court_upheld_federal_authority
gptkbp:precedent Federal supremacy over state laws
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:McCulloch_v._Maryland
gptkbp:significance Established precedent for federal review of state court decisions
gptkbp:state Virginia_lottery_law
gptkbp:superintendent gptkb:John_Marshall