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Section 25 jurisdiction

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From 71 U.S. 177 - Railroad Company v. Rock · 1866Most cited · 66 citing opinions

It must be the Constitution, or some law of the State, which impairs the obligation of the contract, or which is otherwise in conflict with the Constitution of the United States; and the decision of the State court must sustain the law or Constitution of the State in the matter in which the conflict is supposed to exist, or the case for this court does not arise.

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