http://www.oyez.org/cases/1792-1850/1816/ U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>Does the appellate power of the Supreme Court extend to the Virginia courts?</p><p>The Court rejected the claim that Virginia and the national government were equal sovereigns. Reasoning from the Constitution, Justice Story affirmed the Court's power to override state courts to secure a uniform system of law and to fulfill the mandate of the Supremacy Clause.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1792-1850/1816/1816_0/