[257] Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheaton, 414 (1821).

[258] Idem.

[259] So Congress has denied such jurisdiction to State courts,—Revised Statutes, U. S., Sec. 687.

[260] Davis v. Packard, 7 Peters, 276; Börs v. Preston, in U. S., 252 (1884).

[261] Cohens v. Virginia, supra.

[262] This power has been discussed in the preceding Chapters on Sovereignty, Legislation, Commerce, Taxation, Contracts, etc. See index.

[263] Bank of Commerce v. New York City, 2 Black, 620 (1862).

[264] Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch, 137 (1803).

[265] The relation of the United States to the State judiciary; the subject of concurrent (State and federal) judicial jurisdiction, is examined by Hamilton in The Federalist, Nos. lxxviii-lxxxiii. See also Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, 1 Wheaton, 304 (1816).

[266] Hepburn v. Ellzey, 2 Cranch, 445 (1805).