Hodgson v. Bowerbank

Hodgson and Thompson v. Bowerbank
Hodgson and Thompson v. Bowerbank
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 10, 1810
Full case name	Hodgson and Thompson v. Bowerbank and Others
Citations	9 U.S. 303 (more) 5 Cranch 303; 3 L. Ed. 108; 1809 U.S. LEXIS 437
Court membership
	Chief Justice John Marshall Associate Justices William Cushing · Samuel Chase; Bushrod Washington · William Johnson; H. Brockholst Livingston · Thomas Todd
Case opinion
Majority	Marshall, joined by unanimous

Hodgson and Thompson v. Bowerbank, 9 U.S. (5 Cranch) 303 (1809), was a United States Supreme Court case that held part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional. The invalidated portion conferred federal courts jurisdiction to try cases between aliens.^[1]

References

^ Varat, J.D. Constitutional Law Cases and Materials, Concise Thirteenth Edition. Foundation Press, New York, NY: 2009, p. 33

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