United States v. Simms

United States v. Simms
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 17, 1803 Decided February 23, 1803
Full case name	United States v. Jesse Simms
Citations	5 U.S. 252 (more) 1 Cranch 252; 2 L. Ed. 98; 1803 U.S. LEXIS 358
Case history
Prior	Writ of Error to the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Subsequent	Affirmed
Holding
Private rights of action under Virginia law persist in the District of Columbia
Court membership
Chief Justice John Marshall Associate Justices William Cushing · William Paterson Samuel Chase · Bushrod Washington Alfred Moore
Case opinion
Majority	Marshall, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 The Act of the Assembly of Virginia of 19 January 1798 regarding gambling

United States v. Simms, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 252 (1803), was a United States Supreme Court case. It was one of a series of cases dealing with the applicability of previous laws in the newly created District of Columbia.