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· 1/18/1883

Elgin v. Marshall

Citations

  • 106 U.S. 578
  • 1 S. Ct. 484
  • 27 L. Ed. 249
  • 1882 U.S. LEXIS 1583

How courts have described this case

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  • “jurisdiction cannot be conferred by consent of parties, but must be given by the law”
  • jurisdiction cannot be conferred by consent of the parties

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Judges: Matthews

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