Martin v. Hunter's Lessee

Martin v. Hunter's Lessee
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 12, 1816 Decided March 20, 1816
Full case name	Martin, Heir at law and devisee of Fairfax v. Hunter's Lessee
Citations	14 U.S. 304 (more) 1 Wheat. 304; 4 L. Ed. 97; 1816 U.S. LEXIS 333
Case history
Prior	Judgment for defendant, Hunter v. Fairfax's Devisee, Winchester District Court; reversed, 15 Va. 218 (1810); reversed, sub nom. Fairfax's Devisee v. Hunter's Lessee, 11 U.S. 603 (1813); on remand, sub nom. Hunter v. Martin, 18 Va. 1 (1815)
Holding
Article Three of the U.S. Constitution grants the U.S. Supreme Court jurisdiction and authority over state courts on matters involving federal law.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Marshall Associate Justices Bushrod Washington · William Johnson H. Brockholst Livingston · Thomas Todd Gabriel Duvall · Joseph Story
Case opinions
Majority	Story, joined by Washington, Johnson, Livingston, Todd, Duvall
Concurrence	Johnson
Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. III

Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 14 U.S. (1 Wheat.) 304 (1816), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States decided on March 20, 1816. It was the first case to assert ultimate Supreme Court authority over state courts in civil matters of federal law.