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Marbury v Madison

5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)
JurisdictionUnited States
Year1803
Statusunclear

Key Principle

The Supreme Court has the power of judicial review to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional; it is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.

Area of Law

constitutional

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