MARBURY V. MADISON (1803) LEGAL ISSUE(S)

The Court considered the following questions:

1. Does Marbury have a right to his commission as a Justice of the Peace for the District of Columbia?
2. If he has that right, and that right has been violated, do the laws of the United States afford him a remedy?
3. If the laws of the United States do afford him a remedy, is that remedy a writ of mandamus issued by this Court?