Rutgers v. Waddington
Encyclopedia
Rutgers v. Waddington was a case held in the New York City Mayor's Court in 1784, setting a precedent
Precedent
In common law legal systems, a precedent or authority is a principle or rule established in a legal case that a court or other judicial body may apply when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts...
for the concept of Judicial Review
Judicial review
Judicial review is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review by the judiciary. Specific courts with judicial review power must annul the acts of the state when it finds them incompatible with a higher authority...
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Summary of Case
Rutgers v. Waddington was a case concerned over New York's Trespass Act that, according to the plaintiff, violated the Treaty of 1783. between Elizabeth Rutgers and Joshua WaddingtonJoshua Waddington
- Arrival in America :In order to join his brothers William and Henry Waddington in Colonial America, Joshua Waddington moved from England to New York in 1776. Waddington's second marriage was to Gertrude Gouverneur, the daughter of Abraham Ogden, by whom he had ten children.- H. & J Waddington &...
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Ruling
Chief Justice James DuaneJames Duane
James Duane was an American lawyer, jurist, and Revolutionary leader from New York. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress, New York state senator, Mayor of New York, and a U.S...
of the court ruled that only Congress had authority to make treaties and abridge them under the Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution...
, saying that:
"no state in this union can alter or abridge, in a single point, the federal articles or the treaty."
Alexander Hamilton (defense)
Alexander HamiltonAlexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...
represented the defendant
Defendant
A defendant or defender is any party who is required to answer the complaint of a plaintiff or pursuer in a civil lawsuit before a court, or any party who has been formally charged or accused of violating a criminal statute...
, Joshua Waddington
Joshua Waddington
- Arrival in America :In order to join his brothers William and Henry Waddington in Colonial America, Joshua Waddington moved from England to New York in 1776. Waddington's second marriage was to Gertrude Gouverneur, the daughter of Abraham Ogden, by whom he had ten children.- H. & J Waddington &...
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