· 2/27/1922
Fairchild v. Hughes
Citations
- 258 U.S. 126
- 42 S. Ct. 274
- 66 L. Ed. 499
- 1922 U.S. LEXIS 2249
How courts have described this case
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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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