<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Holding </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Although the Constitution does not specifically give Congress the power to establish a bank, it delegates the ability to tax and spend . Since a bank is a proper and suitable instrument to assist the operations of the government in the collection and disbursement of the revenue, and federal laws have supremacy over state laws, Maryland had no power to interfere with the bank's operation by taxing it . Maryland Court of Appeals reversed . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Court membership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> Chief Justice </Dt> <Dd> John Marshall </Dd> <Dt> Associate Justices </Dt> <Dd> Bushrod Washington William Johnson H. Brockholst Livingston Thomas Todd Gabriel Duvall Joseph Story </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr>

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