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What was the name and year of the case?
Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
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What was the main issue in the case?
Whether the Fifth Amendment's just compensation requirement applied to state governments.
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Who was the plaintiff in the case?
John Barron, a Baltimore wharf owner.
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Who was the defendant?
The City of Baltimore.
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Who wrote the Court’s opinion?
Chief Justice John Marshall.
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Why did Barron sue the city of Baltimore?
The city’s construction project diverted water flow, causing sand to accumulate in the harbor and reducing his business profits.
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What Amendment did Barron believe was being violated?
The Fifth Amendment, which requires just compensation when the government takes private property for public use.
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What was the Supreme Court’s ruling?
The Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment only applied to the national government, not the states, so Barron was not entitled to compensation.
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Who won the case?
The City of Baltimore.
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What was Chief Justice Marshall’s reasoning?
The Bill of Rights was meant to limit only the federal government, not state governments.
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What was the significance of this case?
It established that the Bill of Rights did not apply to state governments, reinforcing the concept of federalism.
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How did this case influence later legal developments?
It set a precedent that was later overturned by the incorporation doctrine, which gradually applied the Bill of Rights to states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
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