Record #:

3338

Author(s):

Whichard, Willis P.

Abstract:

James Iredell, Sr., is one of only two North Carolinians ever appointed to the United States Supreme Court. His dissenting opinion in the case of Chisholm v. Georgia was the basis for the Eleventh Amendment.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 45 Issue 4, July 1997, p92-99, por

Subject(s):

Iredell, James, 1751-1799; Judges--Biography; United States. Supreme Court--Biography