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Texas v. White, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 700 (1869), was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the U.S. in 1869. [1] The case's notable political dispute involved a claim by the Reconstruction era government of Texas that U.S. bonds owned by Texas since 1850 had been illegally sold by the Confederate state legislature during the American Civil War.
congressional power to limit Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction: Texas v. White: 74 U.S. 700 (1869) constitutionality of state secession Ex parte Yerger: 75 U.S. 85 (1869) habeas corpus case that became moot when Yerger was released before the court ruling; therefore not actually heard by the Supreme Court Paul v. Virginia: 75 U.S. 168 (1869)
New Mexico v. Texas: 275 U.S. 279 (1927) determination of the border between New Mexico and Texas: Miller v. Schoene: 276 U.S. 272 (1928) Substantive due process, takings clause Black and White Taxicab Co. v. Brown and Yellow Taxicab Co. 276 U.S. 518 (1928) what law is to be applied when courts sit in diversity jurisdiction: Olmstead v. United ...
The Supreme Court's 1869 decision in Texas v. White put paid to the idea there was some reversible voluntary component to membership in this union of states. That case involved a suit over bonds ...
Since the Supreme Court first convened in 1790, 116 justices have served on the bench. Of those, 108 have been White men. But in recent decades the court has become more diverse. Over half of its ...
The White House on Monday criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear a bid by President Joe Biden's administration to enforce in Texas federal guidance requiring hospitals to perform ...
Current Supreme Court precedent, in Texas v. White, holds that the states cannot secede from the union by an act of the state. [7] More recently, in 2006, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stated, "If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede." [8]
A North Texas meth trafficker who was a member of a white supremacist gang was sentenced to about 16-and-a-half years in federal prison, Leigha Simonton announced in a news release on Friday.