Hollingsworth v. Virginia

Hollingsworth v. Virginia, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 378 (1798), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled early in America's history that the President of the United States has no formal role in the process of amending the United States Constitution and that the Eleventh Amendment was binding on cases already pending prior to its ratification.

Hollingsworth v. Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 14, 1798
Full case nameLevi Hollingsworth, et al. v. Virginia
Citations3 U.S. 378 (more)
3 Dall. 378; 1 L. Ed. 644; 1798 U.S. LEXIS 145
Holding
The President has no formal role in the ratification of Constitutional Amendments. The Eleventh Amendment governs cases both past and future.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Oliver Ellsworth
Associate Justices
James Wilson · William Cushing
James Iredell · William Paterson
Samuel Chase
Case opinion
Per curiam
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. V, U.S. Const. amend. XI
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