Martin v. Hunter's Lessee

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Martin_v._Hunter's_Lessee
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:category United States constitutional case
gptkbp:citation gptkb:14_U.S._(1_Wheat.)_304
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1816
gptkbp:decision Unanimous
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Martin
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Martin_v._Hunter's_Lessee
gptkbp:heldBy The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over state court decisions involving federal law
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Martin v. Hunter's Lessee
gptkbp:involvedState gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalIssue Supremacy of federal courts over state courts in constitutional matters
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Joseph_Story
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:David_Hunter
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Cohens_v._Virginia
gptkbp:principle Federal judicial supremacy
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Judiciary_Act_of_1789
gptkb:Article_III_of_the_U.S._Constitution
gptkbp:significance Established the authority of the Supreme Court to review state court decisions
gptkbp:subject Land ownership dispute
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marbury_v._Madison
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6