mar 2, 1824 - Gibbons v. Ogden

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Under the Marshall Supreme Court, he strongly voted in favor of central government and rights of property. A pair of brothers named Cohens were convicted in Virginia of illegally selling lottery tickets for a lottery authorized by Congress for Washington D.C. While Marshall and the Court upheld the conviction, they established the principle that the Supreme Court could review a state court's decision involving any of the powers of the federal government.

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