Mcculloch V Maryland Opinion. Maryland MARSHALL Chief Justice delivered the opinion of the Court. In the said state against the plaintiff in error McCulloch to recover certain penalties under the act of the legislature of Maryland hereafter mentioned.
McCulloch the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the bank refused to pay the tax. A branch was opened in Maryland in 1817 and in 1818 the state legislature passed an act imposing a tax on all out of state banks doing business in Maryland. STATE OF MARYLAND et al.
A branch was opened in Maryland in 1817 and in 1818 the state legislature passed an act imposing a tax on all out of state banks doing business in Maryland.
STATE OF MARYLAND et al. STATE OF MARYLAND et al. Marshall lead the Court from 1801-1835Case CitationMcCulloch v. Congresss legislative power and how it relates to the powers of American state legislaturesThe dispute in McCulloch involved the legality of the national bank and a tax that the state of Maryland imposed on it.