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Article: Trevett v. Weeden
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- Dictionary of American History
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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 ...
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