Virginia v. West Virginia
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Virginia v. West Virginia was an 1871 U.S. Supreme Court case that resolved disputes between the two states over the legitimacy of West Virginia’s statehood and the division of pre-war public debt.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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legal dispute between U.S. states ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional structure of the Union
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federal courts ⓘ |
| caseType | original jurisdiction case ⓘ |
| citation | 78 U.S. (11 Wall.) 39 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvolved |
Article III of the United States Constitution
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Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionBy | U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1871 ⓘ |
| defendant | State of West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | Virginia v. West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Virginia
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West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
West Virginia was held liable for a portion of Virginia’s pre–Civil War public debt
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West Virginia’s statehood was treated as valid and not subject to collateral attack in the debt litigation ⓘ the Court had original jurisdiction over the controversy between Virginia and West Virginia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
division of pre–Civil War public debt
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legitimacy of West Virginia’s statehood ⓘ obligations arising from Virginia’s antebellum public debt ⓘ |
| originatingFrom | separation of West Virginia from Virginia during the American Civil War GENERATED ⓘ |
| partyType | U.S. state versus U.S. state ⓘ |
| plaintiff | Commonwealth of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentFor |
later cases on interstate debt apportionment
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later cases on the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction over state controversies ⓘ |
| relatedCase | Virginia v. West Virginia (subsequent proceedings on accounting and debt) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
American Civil War
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creation of the State of West Virginia in 1863 ⓘ |
| result | judgment apportioning Virginia’s antebellum debt between Virginia and West Virginia ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
constitutional law
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interstate relations ⓘ public finance ⓘ state succession and partition ⓘ |
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Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
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