Texas v. White facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Texas v. White |
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| Argued February 5, 1869 Decided April 12, 1869 |
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| Full case name | Texas v. White, et al. |
| Citations | 74 U.S. 700 (more)
7 Wall. 700; 19 L. Ed. 227; 1868 U.S. LEXIS 1056; 1868 WL 11083
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| Holding | |
| Texas (and the rest of the Confederacy) never left the Union during the Civil War, because a state cannot unilaterally secede from the United States. US Treasury bond sales by Confederate Texas during the war, originally owned by pre-war Texas, were invalid, and the bonds were therefore still owned by the post-war state. |
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| Majority | Chase, joined by Nelson |
| Concurrence | Clifford, Davis, Field |
| Concur/dissent | Swayne, joined by Miller |
| Dissent | Grier |
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| U.S. Const. art. IV | |
Texas v. White, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 700 (1869), was a case argued before the United States Supreme Court in 1869. The case involved a claim by the Reconstruction government of Texas that United States bonds owned by Texas since 1850 had been illegally sold by the Confederate state legislature during the American Civil War. The state filed suit directly with the United States Supreme Court, which, under the United States Constitution, retains original jurisdiction on certain cases in which a state is a party.
In accepting original jurisdiction, the court ruled that, legally speaking, Texas had remained a United States state ever since it first joined the Union, despite its joining the Confederate States of America and its being under military rule at the time of the decision in the case. In deciding the merits of the bond issue, the court further held that the Constitution did not permit states to unilaterally secede from the United States, and that the ordinances of secession, and all the acts of the legislatures within seceding states intended to give effect to such ordinances, were "absolutely null".
See also
In Spanish: Caso Texas contra White para niños
