When1: 1819
Who: McCulloch vs. Maryland
What: case
Where: USA
Detail: John Marshall, USA Supreme Court Chief Justice, declared Maryland had no right to tax notes of National-Bank Baltimore branch or to tax federal government parts. He asserted that Congress had right to establish National Bank [created 1791]. This decision curbed states' rights and limited state sovereignty.
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