[1] Justice Nathan Clifford wrote the opinion, ruling in favor of Washington & Jefferson College.

[3] Shortly thereafter, a number of Canonsburg residents and dissident trustees of Jefferson College sued, claiming that the consolidation was unconstitutional.

[1] They argued that the original 1802 charter for Jefferson College had been illegally usurped in the process.

[1] The court ruled otherwise, and upheld the consolidation in a December 1871 opinion written by Justice Nathan Clifford.

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