Mcculloch V Maryland Outline. In 1790 Alexander Hamilton the first Secretary of the Treasury recommended that Congress charter a Bank of the United States and in 1791 Congress did so. It was a place for storing government funds collecting taxes and issuing sound currency.
It was a place for storing government funds collecting taxes and issuing sound currency. Supreme Court case decided in 1819 in which the Court affirmed the constitutional doctrine of Congress implied powers It determined that Congress had not only the powers expressly conferred upon it by the Constitution but also all authority appropriate to carry out such powers. In an opinion written by Chief Justice Marshall the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of McCulloch and against the state of Maryland.
Congress passed an act incorporating the Bank of the US.
And opened up a branch in Maryland. Case Summary of McCulloch v. McCulloch a cashier for the Baltimore Maryland Bank was sued for not complying with the Maryland state tax. It was a place for storing government funds collecting taxes and issuing sound currency.