http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1867/ U.S. Supreme Court Cases, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>The state of Georgia brought suit against the Secretary of War and two of his generals in an effort to prevent the enforcement of the Reconstruction Acts following the Civil War. The case arose under the Court's original jurisdiction.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1867/1867_0/