Trevett v. Weeden
TREVETT V. WEEDEN
TREVETT V. WEEDEN, a decision rendered by Judge David Howell of Rhode Island in September 1786, is frequently cited as a precedent for the doctrine of judicial review laid down by Chief Justice John Marshall in Marbury v. Madison (1803). Acts of the legislature provided heavy fines for those refusing to accept the state's depreciated paper currency at par. The defendant, John Weeden, a butcher, was acquitted on the ground that the acts were unconstitutional and void.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Clinton, Robert L. Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1989.
W. A.Robinson/a. r.
See alsoJudicial Review ; Marbury v. Madison .
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