''Collet v. Collet''
2 U.S. (2 Dall.) 294 (C.C.D. Pa. 1792)
was a

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decision that was the earliest appellate case

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although it was never heard by the Court. ''

Van Staphorst v. Maryland ''Van Staphorst v. Maryland'', , was the first case Docket (court), docketed with the United States Supreme Court. Although the court agreed to hear and decide the case, the suit was settled before oral arguments. ''Collet v. Collet'' was the first ...

'' was the first case docketed with the court. ''

West v. Barnes ''West v. Barnes''2 U.S. (2 Dall.) 401 (1791) was the first United States Supreme Court decision and the earliest case calling for oral argument. '' Van Staphorst v. Maryland'' (1791) was docketed prior to ''West v. Barnes'' but settled before the ...

'' was the first case decided by the court. ''Collet'' originated as an assumpsit case in Pennsylvania state court, but eventually came to the federal Circuit Court in Philadelphia where the Circuit Court ruled that Congress' power of

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was concurrent with the state's. Collet obtained a writ of error but dropped the case before reaching the Supreme Court.James R. Perry, ''The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800'', Volume 6, "Collet v. Collet," pp. 27-30

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