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Quotation from Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward by Supreme Court of the United States
“It is more than possible, that the preservation of rights of this description was not particularly in the view of the framers of the constitution, when the clause under consideration was introduced into that instrument.”
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), on the scope of the Contract Clause (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Marshall concedes that the framers likely did not foresee college charters, before holding that the clause still governs them.
Citation: "It is more than possible, that the preservation of rights of this description was not particularly in the view of the framers of the constitution, when the clause under consideration was introduced into that instrument." — Supreme Court of the United States, Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), on the scope of the Contract Clause (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id dartmouth-college-v-woodward-q5)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
