| The Olmsted Case: Privateers, Property, and Politics in Pennsylvania, 1778-1810 Contributor(s): Kelly, Ruth M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1575910926 ISBN-13: 9781575910925 Publisher: Susquehanna University Press OUR PRICE: $91.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2005 Annotation: This book examines constitutional law and early American politics in the neglected Olmsted case (United States v. Peters). It is the story of a privateering adventure during the American Revolution that ended thirty years later in an armed rebellion ordered by the governor of Pennsylvania against the United States. The work includes discussion of the domestic political disputes during the American Revolution; cut-throat political practices of the early national period and the constitutional generation's understanding of state sovereignty. The constitutional dialogue on state sovereignty is ongoing in today's courts. The Supreme Court has recently heard several cases based on the Eleventh Amendment rights of the states, an important issue in the Olmsted case. All of these issues are explored in an entertaining narrative of privateer Gideon Olmsted's thirty-year quest for justice from the state of Pennsylvania. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Civil Procedure |
| Dewey: 347.731 |
| LCCN: 2004025863 |
| Series: Pennsylvania History and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (0.95 lbs) 173 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a history of the Olmsted Case. The events of this history began in 1778 when Gideon Olmsted, a Connecticut sea captain held prisoner by the British, overcame his British captors and sailed their ship, the sloop Active, into American waters. He claimed the Active as a prize of war. The state of Pennsylvania also claimed the Active and refused to grant Olmsted his prize. The stubborn sea captain pursued his claim through the state and federal courts for thirty years. In 1809, the United States Supreme Court, in United States v. Peters, ruled in Olmsted's favor. The case was not resolved, however, until after an armed confrontation between the federal government and the state of Pennsylvania. |
