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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Ware v. Hylton | 0 |
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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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
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surface form:
Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1796 ⓘ |
| hasParty |
Hylton
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Ware self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| heldThat | a federal treaty overrides conflicting state law ⓘ |
| involves |
conflict between state statute and international treaty
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pre-Revolutionary War debts ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| 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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