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Supreme Court· 2/27/1922

Fairchild v. Hughes

Citations

  • 258 U.S. 126
  • 42 S. Ct. 274
  • 66 L. Ed. 499
  • 1922 U.S. LEXIS 2249

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  • holding that the right, possessed by every citizen, to require that the Government be administered according to the law does not entitle a private citizen to institute a lawsuit in federal court
  • suit challenging the propriety of the process by which the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified

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Judges: Brandeis

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