Hollingsworth v. Virginia
| Hollingsworth v. Virginia | |
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| Decided February 14, 1798 | |
| Full case name | Levi Hollingsworth, et al. v. Virginia |
| Citations | 3 U.S. 378 (more) |
| Holding | |
| The President has no formal role in the ratification of Constitutional Amendments. The Eleventh Amendment governs cases both past and future. | |
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| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. art. V, U.S. Const. amend. XI | |
Hollingsworth v. Virginia, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 378 (1798), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled early in America's history that the President of the United States has no formal role in the process of amending the United States Constitution and that the Eleventh Amendment was binding on cases already pending prior to its ratification.