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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:citation
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74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 700
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gptkbp:date
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1869-04-12
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
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gptkbp:defendant
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George W. White et al.
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Robert_C._Grier
gptkb:Stephen_J._Field
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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No. 5
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Texas_v._White_et_al.
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gptkbp:heldBy
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States cannot unilaterally secede from the United States.
Acts of secession are legally null.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Texas v. White et al.
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Samuel_Nelson
gptkb:Samuel_F._Miller
gptkb:David_Davis
gptkb:Salmon_P._Chase
gptkb:Nathan_Clifford
gptkb:Noah_H._Swayne
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:State_of_Texas
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gptkbp:principle
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States do not have the right to secede unilaterally
Union is perpetual
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gptkbp:referredToBy
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gptkb:Texas_v._White
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
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gptkbp:subject
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secession
Reconstruction
U.S. constitutional law
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Texas_v._White_(1869)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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