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Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 US 419 (1793)

The first Chief Justice, John Jay, presided over the Court during Chisholm v. Georgia, (1793), the case that prompted Congress and the states to ratify the Eleventh Amendment revoking the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction over dispute between a state and citizens of another state.

In Chisholm, the Jay Court decided states lacked sovereign immunity from being sued for war debt incurred during the Revolutionary War.

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Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 US 419 (1793)The first Chief Justice, John Jay, presided over the Court during Chisholm v. Georgia, (1793), the case that prompted Congress and the states to ratify the Eleventh Amendment revoking the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction over dispute between a state and citizens of another state.In Chisholm, the Jay Court decided states lacked sovereign immunity from being sued for war debt incurred during the Revolutionary War.For more information, see Related Questions, below.


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