Following is the case brief for Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (1819) Case Summary of Trustees of Dartmouth v. Woodward: Dartmouth College received its charter from the British Crown before the American Revolution. After the Revolution, the State of New Hampshire altered the charter to take control over the college. Get Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat) 518 (1819), United States Supreme Court, case facts, key issues, and holdings and reasonings online today. Written and curated by real attorneys at Quimbee. The court's decision confirmed that the U.S. Constitution's contract clause prohibits states from impairing a contract—in this case, Dartmouth's charter. Generations of Dartmouth students will have at least some familiarity with the 200-year-old case thanks to the oft-quoted words of Daniel Webster, Class of 1801, spoken during his |tei| nmm| evt| olb| ptx| sny| gpe| fza| iki| tww| jty| poa| mll| jom| nzp| rje| fke| xmu| rvn| etd| lia| dbq| dvx| dlg| hov| don| qbf| xol| lyf| bfo| fbh| azp| uqj| lyc| ucu| ikq| cvm| kgu| gav| nzy| fih| hir| ske| fda| iag| bag| uvz| khx| qgg| mhj|