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Osborn v. Bank of the United States
Subject
History
Place
Northern America
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United States of America
DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x
Extract
In 1824 the Supreme Court decided whether Ohio's state auditor could be sued for damages stemming from his seizure, under the authority of a state law, of funds belonging to the second bank of the U nited S tates ; it ruled (with one dissent) that the E leventh A mendment did not exempt states from being sued by US officials in federal court to obtain redress for a state officer's enforcement of an unconstitutional statute. ... log in or subscribe to read full text
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