Skinner's Case
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Skinner's Case became a constitutionally important dispute between the House of Lords and the House of Commons over the question of any original jurisdiction of the former house in civil suits (whether a possible court of first instance). Through royal intervention, it was determined and became custom that such jurisdiction was to be avoided.
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Skinner v East India Company | |
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Court | House of Lords then the House of Commons, then the House of Lords |
Full case name | Thomas Skinner v East India Company (and House of Commons personal judgment against Skinner; and House of Lords personal judgment against chairman of the East India Company) |
Decided | 1668 (1669 as to related judgments) |
Case history | |
Prior action(s) | None |
Subsequent action(s) | None |
Case opinions | |
of King Charles II of Great Britain: judgments of both Houses to be erased, proceedings ended. |
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