First Supreme Court in the Northwest Territory

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:appeal Lower courts in the territory
gptkbp:commander gptkb:John_Cleves_Symmes
gptkbp:court gptkb:Appellate_Court
Binding on lower courts
Three judges
Influenced state laws
Strengthened rule of law in the territory
Lasted_until_statehood_in_Ohio.
Foundation_for_future_judicial_systems_in_the_Midwest
gptkbp:dissolved 1803
gptkbp:established 1787
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
gptkbp:filingDate July 13, 1787
gptkbp:function Interpret laws
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Post-Revolutionary_War_America
gptkbp:historicalEvent Preserved_in_Ohio_archives
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Supreme Court in the Northwest Territory
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:English_common_law
gptkbp:judges Not formally established
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Northwest_Ordinance
gptkbp:legalStatus Paved the way for statehood
gptkbp:location gptkb:Northwest_Territory
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:State_v._McCulloch
gptkbp:precedent Established legal framework for future courts
gptkbp:regulatoryCompliance gptkb:Northwest_Territory_government
Dispute resolution
gptkbp:related_to Territorial government
gptkbp:session gptkb:Marietta,_Ohio
gptkbp:significance First court system in the region
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ohio_Supreme_Court