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1. William Marbury sued James Madison to force the delivery of his commission as Justice of the Peace, which President John Adams had appointed him to but was not delivered. 2. The Supreme Court held that while Marbury had a right to the commission as a public officer, the Court did not have the power to issue a writ of mandamus and force Madison to deliver it. 3. Chief Justice Marshall found the Judiciary Act of 1789, which granted original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court to issue writs of mandamus,

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