In the same year, in the still more memorable Dartmouth College case, he annulled an act of the New Hampshire legislature which infringed upon the charter received by the college from King George long before.

同年，在更令人难忘的达特茅斯学院案中，他废除了新罕布什尔州立法机关的一项法案， 该法案侵犯了学院很久以前从乔治国王那里获得的特许状。