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Article: Holmes v. Walton
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HOLMES V. WALTON,
HOLMES V. WALTON,
a case decided by the Supreme Court of New Jersey in 1780. It is cited as one of the precedents for the doctrine of judicial review. The court declared unconstitutional a statute that provided in certain classes of cases that a jury might consist of six men. The legislature subsequently repealed the voided portion of the act. Thus, the right of the courts to pass upon the ...
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