James McCulloch was cashier and head of the Baltimore, Maryland, branch of The Second Bank of the United States who refused to pay a new tax the State of Maryland attempted to impose on the bank. McCulloch was the nominal defendant in Maryland's case against the federal government in the state courts, and the petitioner in the US Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland, (1819).

Case Citation:

McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1819)

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The parties in McCulloch v. Maryland, (1819) were:

• James McCulloch, manager of the Second National Bank of the United States, in Baltimore, MD
• The State of Maryland
• John James, intervenor (James brought the original suit in Baltimore County court as an intervenor, hoping to be awarded half of the Second National Bank's back taxes.)

Case Citation:

McCulloch v. Maryland, John James, 17 US 316 (1819)

McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1819) [shorter title]