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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vs. Mellon

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 04, 1923

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  2. Wilson Vs. Shaw US Supreme Court · Jan 07, 1907
  3. Bradfield Vs. Roberts US Supreme Court · Dec 04, 1899
  4. Luther Vs. Borden US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1849
  5. Cherokee Nation Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1831
  6. Millard Vs. Roberts US Supreme Court · May 21, 1906
  7. U.S. 447 (1923) U.S. Supreme Court Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Mellon
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  8. U.S. 447 (1923) Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Mellon
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  9. Proceedings not of a justiciable character are outside the contemplation of the constitutional grant. In Wisconsin v. Pelican
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  10. Chief Justice Jay, in Chisholm v. Georgia
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  11. the duty of the Governor in the premises was in the nature of a moral, rather than a legal, obligation. Kentucky v. Dennison
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  12. How. 66, 65 U. S. 109 . In New Hampshire v. Louisiana
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  13. New York v. Louisiana
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  14. payment of the bonds of another State for the benefit of the assignors, citizens of the plaintiff States. In Georgia v. Stanton
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  15. of questions of a political or governmental character. On the other hand, jurisdiction was maintained in Texas v. White
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  16. Florida v. Anderson
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  17. U. S. 667 , and Alabama v. Burr
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  18. in Georgia v. Tennessee
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  19. in Missouri v. Holland
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  20. in character, and therefore is not a matter which admits of the exercise of the judicial power. In Georgia v. Stanton
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  21. In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
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  22. See also Luther v. Borden
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  23. Mississippi v. Johnson
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  24. Pacific Telephone Co. v. Oregon
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  25. Louisiana v. Texas
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  26. to pass abstract opinions upon the constitutionality of acts of Congress as it was held to be, in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
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  27. presents no justiciable issue, as was ruled in Georgia v. Stanton
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  28. While the State, under some circumstances, may sue in that capacity for the protection of its citizens ( Missouri v. Illinois
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  29. the question has either been allowed to pass sub silentio or the determination of it expressly withheld. Millard v. Roberts
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  30. this Court that resident taxpayers may sue to enjoin an illegal use of the moneys of a municipal corporation. Roberts v. Bradfield
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  31. misuse is not inappropriate. It is upheld by a large number of state cases, and is the rule of this Court. Crampton v. Zabriskie
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  32. Nevertheless, there are decisions to the contrary. See, Page 262 U. S. 487 for example, Miller v. Grandy
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  33. or restrain the action of the other. We are not now speaking of the merely ministerial duties of officials. Gaines v. Thompson
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  34. U.S. Supreme Court Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Mellon
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  35. In Wisconsin v. Pelican
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  36. Chisholm v. Georgia
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  37. Kentucky v. Dennison
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  38. In New Hampshire v. Louisiana
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  39. States. In Georgia v. Stanton
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  40. Texas v. White
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  41. and Alabama v. Burr
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  42. Georgia v. Tennessee
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  43. Missouri v. Holland
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  44. In Georgia v. Stanton
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  45. Georgia v. Stanton
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  46. Missouri v. Illinois
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  47. Roberts v. Bradfield
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  48. Court. Crampton v. Zabriskie
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  49. Miller v. Grandy
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  50. Gaines v. Thompson
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