Respublica v. Gordon
Cases that cite this one
6 later published cases cite this decision. The 5 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Nixon v. Administrator of General Services (Supreme Court of the United States 1977)
- United States v. Brown (Supreme Court of the United States 1965)
- Oneida Indian Nation v. New York (2d Cir. 1982)
- Wisconsin Bankers Ass'n v. Mutual Savings & Loan Ass'n (Wis. Ct. App. 1978)
- McCoul v. Lekamp's Administratrix (Supreme Court of the United States 1817)
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Opinion
But now, the Chieb Justice delivered the opinion of the court, that anj proceedings against Mr. Gordon, the defendant, would contravene an express article in the treaty of peace and amity, entered into between the United States of America and Great Britain, for which reason, they could not sustain the suggestion filed by the attorney-general. And the defendant was accordingly discharged, (a)
The object that the defendant meant to accomplish by this proceeding, was to reverse the attainder; in consequence of which his title to the estate would revive, and as it had not beer appropriated or disposed of by the commonwealth, there would then be no obstacle to his taking immediate possession. The legislature soon afterwards passed an act in favor of Mr. Gordon’s pretensions See 1 Dall. 1; Ibid. 199; Ibid. 305, in note.
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