The plaintiff in this case had petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus after his commission as a Justice of the Peace for the District of Columbia was withheld as part of the "midnight appointments" of outgoing president John Adams.
A house owned by the plaintiff of this case now serves as the Ukrainian embassy to the U.S. It was decided a week after the repeal of a related law was not deemed unconstitutional in Stuart v. Laird. The ruling in this case corroborated a sentiment conveyed in the 78th Federalist Paper. The plaintiff in this case had petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus after his commission as a Justice of the Peace for the District of Columbia was withheld as part of the "midnight appointments" of outgoing president John Adams. The plaintiff had the right to seek legal redress, but not the right to ask the Supreme Court for the writ because the Judiciary Act of 1789 was held to be unconstitutional, in an opinion delivered by John Marshall. For 10 points, name this 1803 Supreme Court case that established judicial review.
A house owned by the plaintiff of this case now serves as the Ukrainian embassy to the U.S.
Marbury v. Madison