Barron v. Baltimore

Barron v. Baltimore
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 11, 1833 Decided February 16, 1833
Full case name	John Barron, survivor of John Craig, for the use of Luke Tiernan, Executor of John Craig v. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
Citations	32 U.S. 243 (more) 7 Pet. 243; 8 L. Ed. 672
Case history
Prior	Accepted on writ of error to the Court of Appeals for the Western Shore of the State of Maryland.
Holding
State governments are not bound by the Bill of Rights.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Marshall Associate Justices William Johnson · Gabriel Duvall Joseph Story · Smith Thompson John McLean · Henry Baldwin
Case opinion
Majority	Marshall, joined by unanimous
Superseded by
U.S. Const. amend. XIV[1]

Barron v. Baltimore, 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 243 (1833), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case in 1833, which helped define the concept of federalism in US constitutional law. The Court ruled that the Bill of Rights did not apply to the state governments, establishing a precedent until the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Barron v Baltimore is also significant for highlighting the separation between federal government and state government.