Dartmouth College case
Scope and Contents
This series contains copies of judicial opinions written by Burton, including several drafts with edits to language and content. Some are fragments. Also included is a conference list from 1945.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1957, n.d.
Access Restrictions:
No restrictions.
Full Extent
From the Series: 0.4 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Selected list of references (with penciled recommendations re periodicals). List presumably compiled in preparation for Burton, J.'s article: "The Dartmouth College Case -- A Dramatization" (American Bar Association Journal, 1952).
Note: Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518, 4 L.Ed. 629 (1819) (Marshall, C.J.), was famous early case dealing with obligation of contracts. Court held charter granted by British crown to trustees of Dartmouth College in 1769 was a contract within the meaning of Art. I, S. 10, of the United States Constitution. Article declares that no state shall make any law impairing the obligation of contracts. Charter not dissolved by revolution. New Hampshire Legislature's act altering charter without the consent of the corporation was an act imparing the obligation of a contract and was therefore unconstitutional and void.
Repository Details
Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository
