402 (1792), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that "[a] State may sue in the Supreme Court to enjoin payment of a judgment in behalf of a British creditor taken on a debt, which was confiscated by the State, until it can be ascertained to whom the money belongs".
[1][2][3][4] The case was the first United States Supreme Court case where a state appeared as a party.
It includes an opinion from Thomas Johnson, who joined the court on November 7, 1791, and resigned after fourteen months.
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