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McCulloch v. Maryland

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
case decided in 1819 by the U.S. Supreme Court, dealing specifically with the constitutionality of a Congress-chartered corporation, and more generally with the dispersion of power between state and federal governments. After the First Bank of the United States (1791) had folded in 1811 due to a lack of congressional support, inflation in the years following the War of 1812 compelled Congress to establish (1816) a new national bank. The Second Bank of the United States was authorized by Congress to help control the unregulated issuance of currency by state banks. Many continued to oppose the bank's constitutionality, and Maryland set an example by imposing a tax on all banks not chartered by the state. When the U.S. branch bank in Baltimore refused to pay taxes, Maryland brought suit for collection from the bank. Chief Justice John Marshall, who wrote the uncontested opinion, gave trenchant expression to the doctrine of implied powers: “Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the…
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Landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Congress has not only the powers specifically granted by the Constitution but also those implied powers necessary or helpful in carrying out its authority. The Court ruled that when federal and state powers conflict, federal powers prevail. …
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Full text Article McCulloch v. Maryland

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(1819) Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that affirmed the constitutional doctrine of Congress’s implied powers. The case concerned the legitimacy of the authority of a newly created national bank to control the issuance of currency by the states, including Maryland. The unanimous…
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Full text Article McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

From Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
In McCulloch v. Maryland , a landmark Supreme Court case in 1819, the court ruled that the U.S. Congress had implied powers not explicitly outlined in the Constitution. The case marked a pivotal development in U.S. legal and economic history. From its inception the United States had been divided…
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McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819), is justly regarded as one of the most important decisions ever issued. Chief Justice John Marshall, writing for a unanimous Court, held that Congress had the power to charter the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland could not levy…
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From Encyclopedia of American Business History
A landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States that established lines of demarcation between the power of the states and that of the federal government. The case involved a suit brought against a branch of the Bank of the United States , located in Baltimore. Two issues were at stake. …
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Full text Article McCULLOCH V. MARYLAND

From The Reader's Companion to American History
This case, decided by the Supreme Court in 1819, asserted national supremacy vis-à-vis state action in areas of constitutionally granted authority. Maryland had placed a prohibitive tax on the bank notes of the Second Bank of the United States. When the Maryland courts upheld this law, the Bank, in…
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Full text Article McCulloch v. Maryland

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
case decided in 1819 by the U.S. Supreme Court, dealing specifically with the constitutionality of a Congress-chartered corporation, and more generally with the dispersion of power between state and federal governments. After the First Bank of the United States (1791) had folded in 1811 due to a…
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In 1816 Congress chartered the Second Bank of the United States, one branch of which was established in Baltimore the next year. In 1818 the Maryland Legislature passed a statute taxing “all banks or branches thereof” operating in Maryland but not chartered by the state. The act levied a tax of…
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Full text Article McCulloch v Maryland (1819)

From Chambers Dictionary of World History
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