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rather than the courts. The citations occur in a dissenting opinion.)

Passenger Cases, 7 Howard, 283, at pages 396, 453, 471, 474, 479, 503-504, 511, 526, 533, 534, 543, 545, 554-555. (State statutes imposing taxes upon alien passengers arriving in the ports of those states held unconstitutional.)

Cooley v. Board of Wardens, 12 Howard, 299, at page 318. (State law regulating pilotage not repugnant to Federal Constitution.)

Veazie v. Moor, 14 Howard, 568, at page 575.

(State grant of exclusive navigation of upper Penobscot River not in conflict with commerce clause of Federal Constitution.)

Marshall v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 16 Howard, 314, at pages 326, 351.

(Contract to obtain passage of a law for a payment of money void as against public policy.)

State Bank of Ohio v. Knoop, 16 Howard, 369, at page 397.

(Charter of a private corporation fixing amount of taxation held a legislative contract which cannot be changed without its assent. Citation occurs in dissenting opinion.)

The United States v. Guthrie, 17 Howard, 284, at pages 306-307. (Unsuccessful attempt to compel by mandamus payment from U. S Treasury of a disputed claim. Dissenting opinion.) Dodge v. Woolsey, 18 Howard, 331, at page 357.

(Right of stockholder in a corporation to sue directors to enjoin payment of an unconstitutional tax. Provision of a State Constitution held invalid.)

Dred Scott v. Sandford, 19 Howard, 393, at pages 447, 503.

(The disastrous excursion of the court into the political field, which played so important a part in the events preceding the Civil War. The case involved the status of the slave Dred Scott.)

Gilman v. Philadelphia, 3 Wallace, 713, at page 730.

(Erection of bridge by City of Philadelphia over Schuylkill River not enjoined as interference with Federal power to regulate commerce.)

Ex parte Garland, 4 Wallace, 333, at page 388.

(Act of Congress excluding attorney from right to practice law unless he has taken test oath held unconstitutional as an ex post facto law. Citation occurs in dissenting opinion.)

Pacific Insurance Company v. Soule, 7 Wallace, 433, at page 445 note.

(Tax on income of insurance companies not a direct tax requiring apportionment among the States.)

Woodruff v. Parham, 8 Wallace, 123, at page 135.

(Construes clause of Constitution providing that "no State shall levy any imposts or duties on imports or exports.")

Legal Tender Cases, 12 Wallace, 457, at pages 585, 608, 621, 666.

(Cases holding Legal Tender Acts constitutional and overruling earlier decision to the contrary. Citations occur in dissenting opinions.)

Scholey v. Rew, 23 Wallace, 331, at page 348.

(Case upholding validity of a Federal Succession Tax as an impost or excise, and not a direct tax requiring apportionment among the states.)

Edwards v. Kearzey, 96 U. S., 595, at page 606.

(State laws affecting remedy held to impair obligation of existing contract.)

Ex parte Clarke, 100 U. S., 399, at pages 412, 417, 418. (Validity of Federal Election Laws. Dissenting opinion.) Springer v. United States, 102 U. S., 586, at page 596.

(Tax on income from a profession not a direct tax requiring apportionment among the states.)

Legal Tender Case, 110 U. S., 421, at page 470.

(Constitutionality of Legal Tender Acts.

occurs in a dissenting opinion.)

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Fort Leavenworth R. R. Company v. Lowe, 114 U. S., 525, at

page 529.

(Right of State to levy taxes on property over which ex-
clusive jurisdiction has been ceded to the United States.)

Hans v. Louisiana, 134 U. S., I, at pages 12-13.

(Whether a State can without its consent be sued in a Circuit

Court of the United States by one of its own citizens in a case
arising under the Constitution and Laws of the United States.)

Leisy v. Hardin, 135 U. S., 100, at page 109.

(The "Original Package Case." State statute prohibiting

sale of liquor held unconstitutional as applied to a sale in the
original package of liquor brought from another State.)

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, 157 U. S., 429, at

pages 558, 560, 564.

(The famous "Income Tax Cases," involving the constitu-

tionality of the Federal Income Tax Law of 1894.)

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, 158 U. S., 601, at

pages 623, 625, 627.

(Income Tax Cases on reargument.)

Capital Traction Company v. Hof, 174 U. S., I, at pages 6-8.
(Right of trial by jury.)

Smith v. Reeves, 178 U. S., 436, at page 447.

(Whether an officer of a State can be sued in the Federal

Courts without its consent.)

Hanover National Bank v. Moyses, 186 U. S., 181, at page 187.
(Constitutionality of National Bankruptcy Law.)

South Dakota v. North Carolina, 192 U. S., 286, at page 336.

(Right of one State to sue another in the Supreme Court for

foreclosure and sale of security underlying bonds of defendant state. Citation occurs in a dissenting opinion.)

United States v. Gradwell, 243 U. S., 476, at page 484.

(Conspiracy to influence a congressional election by bribery.)

Evans v. Gore, 253 U. S., 245, at pages 249-250, 252-253, 254, 265.

(Taxability under Federal Income Tax Law of salary of a Federal Judge.)

Newberry v. United States, 256 U. S., 232, at pages 248-249, 255-256, 283-384.

(Constitutionality of Federal Corrupt Practices Act.)

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