McCulloch v. Maryland

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United States Supreme Court case constitutional law case landmark case

McCulloch v. Maryland is an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed federal supremacy over the states and upheld the implied powers of Congress under the Constitution.

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Label	Occurrences
McCulloch v. Maryland canonical	16
McCulloch v. The State of Maryland	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ federalism ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtTime	John Marshall ⓘ
citation	17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Necessary and Proper Clause ⓘ Supremacy Clause ⓘ Taxing and Spending Clause ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
dateDecided	1819-03-06 ⓘ
decision	in favor of McCulloch and the federal government ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
defendant	Maryland ⓘ surface form: State of Maryland
establishedDoctrine	that the Constitution is intended to endure for ages and must be adapted to various crises of human affairs ⓘ that the power to tax involves the power to destroy ⓘ
federalEntityInvolved	Second Bank of the United States ⓘ
fullCaseName	McCulloch v. Maryland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: McCulloch v. The State of Maryland
holding	Congress has implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause to create a national bank ⓘ federal law is supreme over conflicting state law ⓘ the State of Maryland may not tax instruments of the national government ⓘ
impact	became a foundational precedent for federalism in the United States ⓘ provided broad interpretation of congressional powers ⓘ strengthened the authority of the federal government over the states ⓘ
issue	constitutionality of the Second Bank of the United States ⓘ whether a state may tax a federal institution ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalPrinciple	broad construction of the Necessary and Proper Clause ⓘ federal supremacy ⓘ implied powers doctrine ⓘ
locationOfOriginatingDispute	Maryland ⓘ surface form: State of Maryland
majorityOpinionBy	John Marshall ⓘ
partyRoleOfJamesMcCulloch	cashier of the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States ⓘ
plaintiff	James McCulloch ⓘ
precedentFor	broad federal regulatory power ⓘ later Commerce Clause jurisprudence ⓘ
reinforcedClause	Necessary and Proper Clause ⓘ surface form: Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 Supremacy Clause ⓘ surface form: Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution
result	Maryland tax on the Bank of the United States held unconstitutional ⓘ
stateParty	Maryland ⓘ
topic	limits on state taxation of federal entities ⓘ scope of congressional power ⓘ
yearDecided	1819 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: McCulloch v. The State of Maryland

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