Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia
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The Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) was an early and controversial ruling that allowed a citizen of one state to sue another state in federal court, prompting the swift adoption of the Eleventh Amendment to limit such suits.
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| Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia Context triple: [Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, motivatedBy, Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia]
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Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison is the landmark 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review, empowering federal courts to strike down laws that violate the Constitution.
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Gibbons v. Ogden
Gibbons v. Ogden was an 1824 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly affirmed federal power over interstate commerce, significantly strengthening national authority relative to the states.
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McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch v. Maryland is an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed federal supremacy over the states and upheld the implied powers of Congress under the Constitution.
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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was an 1831 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation" lacking standing to sue as a foreign nation, a ruling that shaped federal Indian law and the context of Indian Removal.
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott v. Sandford was an 1857 U.S. Supreme Court decision that infamously denied citizenship and constitutional rights to African Americans and helped accelerate tensions leading to the Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia Target entity description: The Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) was an early and controversial ruling that allowed a citizen of one state to sue another state in federal court, prompting the swift adoption of the Eleventh Amendment to limit such suits.
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A.
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison is the landmark 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review, empowering federal courts to strike down laws that violate the Constitution.
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B.
Gibbons v. Ogden
Gibbons v. Ogden was an 1824 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly affirmed federal power over interstate commerce, significantly strengthening national authority relative to the states.
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C.
McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch v. Maryland is an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed federal supremacy over the states and upheld the implied powers of Congress under the Constitution.
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D.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was an 1831 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation" lacking standing to sue as a foreign nation, a ruling that shaped federal Indian law and the context of Indian Removal.
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E.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott v. Sandford was an 1857 U.S. Supreme Court decision that infamously denied citizenship and constitutional rights to African Americans and helped accelerate tensions leading to the Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court decision
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federal courts case ⓘ |
| citation | 2 U.S. (2 Dall.) 419 (1793) ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionAffected | Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvolved | Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| dateDecided | 1793-02-18 ⓘ |
| defendant |
State of Georgia
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linked to:
Georgia
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| dissentBy |
James Iredell
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linked to:
James Iredell Sr.
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| dissentReasoning | states retained sovereign immunity unless clearly surrendered in the Constitution ⓘ |
| fullCaseName |
Alexander Chisholm, Executor v. State of Georgia
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linked to:
Chisholm v. Georgia
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| hasPart |
dissenting opinion
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majority opinion ⓘ |
| held | A citizen of one state may sue another state in federal court under Article III diversity jurisdiction ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
first major Supreme Court case interpreting state sovereign immunity
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one of the earliest Supreme Court decisions to be effectively overturned by constitutional amendment ⓘ triggered strong political backlash from several states ⓘ |
| holdingCharacterization | broad reading of federal judicial power over states ⓘ |
| impact | restricted by the Eleventh Amendment ⓘ |
| interprets | Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| issue | whether a state could be sued by a citizen of another state without its consent ⓘ |
| jurisdictionBasis | Article III original jurisdiction over suits in which a state is a party ⓘ |
| languageOfOpinion | separate seriatim opinions by each Justice in the majority ⓘ |
| ledTo | adoption of the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Article III of the United States Constitution
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federal jurisdiction ⓘ state sovereign immunity ⓘ |
| majorityBy |
James Wilson
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John Blair Jr. ⓘ John Jay ⓘ William Cushing ⓘ |
| originatingDispute | Revolutionary War-era debt claim against the State of Georgia ⓘ |
| overruledBy | Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 419 ⓘ |
| plaintiff | Alexander Chisholm ⓘ |
| precedentStatus | largely superseded by the Eleventh Amendment ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | original jurisdiction suit filed in the Supreme Court ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Hans v. Louisiana
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Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine |
diversity jurisdiction
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sovereign immunity ⓘ |
| stateParty | Georgia ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Early Republic era of United States history ⓘ |
| volumeOfUnitedStatesReports | 2 ⓘ |
| vote | 4–1 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1793 ⓘ |
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Subject: Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia Description of subject: The Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) was an early and controversial ruling that allowed a citizen of one state to sue another state in federal court, prompting the swift adoption of the Eleventh Amendment to limit such suits.
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Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia
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