Ware

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Ware was the plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Ware v. Hylton, which addressed the supremacy of federal treaties over conflicting state laws.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Supreme Court case
person
alsoKnownAs The British Debt Case
appliedProvision Treaty of Paris (1783)
areaOfLaw constitutional law
caseHeParticipatedIn Ware v. Hylton
citation 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 199
constitutionalContext Supremacy Clause
surface form: Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution
country United States of America
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 1796
hasParty Hylton
Ware self-linksurface differs
heldThat a federal treaty overrides conflicting state law
involves conflict between state statute and international treaty
pre-Revolutionary War debts
jurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
legalIssue supremacy of federal treaties over state laws
legalPrinciple federal treaties supersede conflicting state statutes
locationOfOriginatingDispute Virginia
partyTo Ware v. Hylton
precedentFor treaty supremacy over state law
roleInCase plaintiff
subjectOf Supremacy Clause jurisprudence

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Hylton hasOpposingParty Ware
Ware hasParty Ware self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Ware v. Hylton
Hylton party Ware
subject surface form: Ware v. Hylton