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Marbury Vs Madison Case Digest

William Marbury petitioned the Supreme Court to force Secretary of State James Madison to deliver his commission as Justice of the Peace after President John Adams appointed him to the role but the commission was not delivered. The Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, found that Madison's refusal to deliver the commission was illegal but that the law allowing Marbury's claim to be brought to the Supreme Court was unconstitutional, so they denied the petition.

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Marbury Vs Madison Case Digest

William Marbury petitioned the Supreme Court to force Secretary of State James Madison to deliver his commission as Justice of the Peace after President John Adams appointed him to the role but the commission was not delivered. The Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, found that Madison's refusal to deliver the commission was illegal but that the law allowing Marbury's claim to be brought to the Supreme Court was unconstitutional, so they denied the petition.

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Marbury vs Madison

The case resulted from a petition to the Supreme Court by


William Marbury, who had been appointed Justice of the Peace
in the District of Columbia by President John Adams but whose
commission was not subsequently delivered. Marbury petitioned
the Supreme Court to force the new Secretary of State, James
Madison, to deliver the documents. The Court, with John
Marshall as Chief Justice, found firstly that Madison's refusal to
deliver the commission was both illegal and correctible.
Nonetheless, the Court stopped short of ordering Madison (by
writ of mandamus) to hand over Marbury's commission, instead
holding that the provision of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that
enabled Marbury to bring his claim to the Supreme Court was
itself unconstitutional, since it purported to extend the Court's
original jurisdiction beyond that which Article III established.
The petition was therefore denied.

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