Georgia v. Stanton

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Georgia v. Stanton
Supreme Court of the United States
Full case name: Georgia, Florida, and Alabama v. Stanton, Secretary of War; Grant, General of the Army, and Pope, Major-General, assigned to the command of the Third Military District
Citations: 73 U.S. 50
Holding
The Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction over federal government action under the Reconstruction Acts.
Court membership
Chief Justice: Salmon P. Chase
Associate Justices: Samuel Nelson, Robert Cooper Grier, Nathan Clifford, Noah Haynes Swayne, Samuel Freeman Miller, David Davis, Stephen Johnson Field
Case opinions
Majority by: Nelson

Georgia v. Stanton, 73 U.S. 50 (1868),[1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the court does not hold jurisdiction over the political question of enforcement of the Reconstruction Acts against the Southern States. The court did recognize its original juristiction in the matter and its ability to decide issues of the rights of persons or property. Nevertheless, the case before it was not one of persons or property, but the political question of whether the federal government could annul state governments and replace them with new ones. Since it found that the issue raised by the three Southern States was a political one, the court decided it did not possess jurisdiction over the subject matter of the case.[2]

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  1. ^ 73 U.S. 50 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
  2. ^ Georgia v. Stanton
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