ohn Marshall, a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and as such he also served in the Circuit Courts of the United States, in a Circuit Court of the United States decision recorded in 1 Marsh. Dec. 177, 181 clearly states in this important decision, that "The United States of America" is a corporation. The United States of America was first formally created in the Articles of Confederation. Also notice in the Articles of Confederation that "The United States of America" is in large and small capitals. I have always wondered what this meant with the style of capitals and evidently this identifies a corporation.

The two volume set of the circuit court decisions are not available in West Law and it seems that many of the circuit court decisions are missing from the internet - very suspicious. This was the first level of appeal from the district courts of the United States and original jurisdiction for other specific cases.

This definition of "The United States of America" is also found in Bouvier's law dictionaries. See Bouviers 1843 under United States of America definition.

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