The US Supreme Court's first decision was released on August 3, 1791, in the case West v. Barnes, (1791).
Although West was the first case argued before the Court, the opinion and other documentation has been lost, so the case is not published. The space it would occupy in US Reports, the official publication of US Supreme Court opinions, is in Volume 2 at page 401 (the front of the book contained Pennsylvania Supreme Court decisions), where Oswald v. State of New York, 2 US 401 (1791) is printed.
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In most cases, to bring an appeal to The Supreme Court, you must first apply to the court which handed down the judgment to ask for permission to appeal
they serve until they step down.
John Marshall
The Supreme Court made this decision on May 17, 1954
Strike it down
Strike it down
What happened on June 26, 2013 is that Supreme court struck down Section 3 of DOMA.
Decisions of the US Supreme Court affect the rulings and procedures of EVERY other court in the country, right down to the municipal level.
because it was......
1857
the ability of the Supreme Court to strike down acts of Congress.
The Supreme Court made this decision on May 17, 1954