Legal Citation: 41 U.S. 539 (1842)
Appellant
Edward Prigg
Appellee
State of Pennsylvania
Appellant's Claim
That laws passed by the U.S. Congress regulating interstate retrieval of fugitive slaves take precedence over state laws on the same subject.
Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Meredith, Nelson
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Johnson, Attorney General of Pennsylvania
Justices for the Court
Henry Baldwin, John Catron, Peter Vivian...
Source: Great American Court Cases, ©1999 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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