Resolution by the Virginia House of Delegates that a state cannot be made a defendant | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

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GLC#: GLC03763.01
Type: Broadsides, posters & signs
Date: November 28, 1793
Author/Creator: Virginia
Title: Resolution by the Virginia House of Delegates that a state cannot be made a defendant
Place Written: Richmond, Virginia
Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; Height: 19.4 cm, Width: 32.6 cm
Language: English

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A state cannot be sued by individuals, opposing the Supreme Court case Chrisholm v. Georgia.

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Virginia Resolution by the Virginia House of Delegates that a state cannot be made a defendant