 | John Codman Hurd - 1858
...Confederacy ;"' or, negatively, that " a Territory" of the United States, or such a political district as the District of Columbia is not a State within the meaning of this clause, and that, therefore, a citizen of such a Territory or district is not a citizen of a State... | |
 | 1882
...$500. 1 St. 78; 18 St. 470. At an early day it was held, in Hepburn v. Ellzey, 2 Cranch, 445, that the District of Columbia is not "a state," within the meaning of that term as used in the article of the constitution denning the judicial power of the United States,... | |
 | Lorenzo Smith Boswell Sawyer, United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit) - 1883
...early day it was held in Hepburn v. Ellzey, 2 Cr. 445, 1882.] Opinion of the Court— Deady, J. that the District of Columbia is not "a state" within the meaning of that term as used in the article of the constitution defining the judicial power of the United States,... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1897
...constitutional power of Congress to "regulate" commerce is confined to commerce "among the several States," and the District of Columbia is not a State within the meaning of that phrase. If such a proposition is correct as to commerce between the District of Columbia and an... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1897
...the members of the American confederacy only are the States contemplated in the Constitution " ; that the District of Columbia is not a State within the meaning of that instrument ; and that the courts of the United States have no jurisdiction of cases between citizens... | |
 | 1899
...violation of copyright, equitable action being more effective. 2 Cr. 445-453, 2 L. 332, HEPBURN v. ELLZEY. The District of Columbia is not " a State " within the meaning of the term used in the Constitution and its citizens cannot sue in United States courts as citizens of any... | |
 | Emlin McClain - 1900 - 1080 str.
...the members of the American confederacy only are the States contemplated in the Constitution ; " that the District of Columbia is not a State within the meaning of that instrument ; and that the courts of the United States have no jurisdiction of cases between citizens... | |
 | 1901
...the members of the American confederacy only are the States contemplated in tho Constitution;' that the District of Columbia is not a State within the meaning of that instrument; and that the courts of the United States have no jurisdiction of cases between citizens... | |
 | Edwin Eustace Bryant - 1901 - 418 str.
...shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings." The District of Columbia is not a "State" within the meaning of that term as used in the Constitution ; and its citizens can not sue in the courts of the United States... | |
 | Charles Henry Butler - 1902
...the members of the American confederacy only are the States contemplated in the Constitution ; " that the District of Columbia is not a State within the meaning of that instrument; and that the courts of the United States have no jurisdiction of cases between citizens... | |
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States, the fact remains that the District of Columbia is not a State... 
