Mackenzie VoilesGOVT 345Professor Rathsam15 February 2021Marbury v. Madison Case BriefFactsIn Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137, William Marbury brought a suit against James Madison.William Marbury was appointed by President Adams at the end of Adam’s term to a justice of thepeace position in Washington, D.C. and had not been given his commission. He, along with threeother similarly situated appointees, brought a suit against President Thomas Jefferson’s Secretaryof State, James Madison, to seek the delivery of his commission. This was supported byaffidavits saying that former President Adams nominated the applicants to the Senate for theiradvice and consent to allow those individuals to be appointed justices in Washington, D.C., thatthe Senate advised and consented to the appointments; that commissions in the due form weresigned by Adams appointing them justices, that the seal of the United States was affixed
