History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1388 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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The idea
In eighteen nineteen the Supreme Court upheld the rights of private corporations, denying New Hampshire's attempt to reorganise Dartmouth College.
In practice
A corporate charter held to be beyond a state legislature's reach.
Where people slip
This entry rests on one witness rather than the anchor, which does not carry the case. The related commerce decisions are recorded as an open gap.
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