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Collection Reference Number GLC03763.01
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1793 
Title Resolution by the Virginia House of Delegates that a state cannot be made a defendant
Date 28 November 1793
Author Virginia House of Delegates  
Document Type Broadside
Content Description A state cannot be sued by individuals, opposing the Supreme Court case Chrisholm v. Georgia.
Subjects Government and Civics  Law  Judiciary  Supreme Court  
Place written Richmond
Theme Government & Politics; Law
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859