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Quotation from Fletcher v. Peck by Supreme Court of the United States
“I do not hesitate to declare that a state does not possess the power of revoking its own grants. But I do it on a general principle, on the reason and nature of things: a principle which will impose laws even on the deity.”
Fletcher v. Peck, Separate Opinion of Justice Johnson (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
Justice Johnson agrees with the result but rests it on natural justice rather than the Contract Clause.
Citation: "I do not hesitate to declare that a state does not possess the power of revoking its own grants. But I do it on a general principle, on the reason and nature of things: a principle which will impose laws even on the deity." — Supreme Court of the United States, Fletcher v. Peck, Separate Opinion of Justice Johnson (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id fletcher-v-peck-q5)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
