The Transcript of McCulloch V. Maryland?

Question

I'm a little confused about it if you could awnser some questions i have to make it clearer that would be great

who was the author & what does the source tell you about him'her?

3) what kind of document is it and who is the intended audience?

4) what is the main idea of the document?

5) what was the historical significance of the document?

Answer 1

You won't find a "transcript" of what went on in the trying of the case (that is, text of all the questions and arguments raised when it was heard in court), but here is the text of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in the case
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0017_0316_ZS.html

Decision authored by Chief Justice John Marshall, who in this case "established in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) that states could not tax federal institutions and upheld congressional authority to create the Second Bank of the United States, even though the authority to do this was not expressly stated in the Constitution"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Marshall#Supreme_Court_career
(See this article for more on Marshall, esp. his Supreme Court career.)


For more details on the case see:
http://www.landmarkcases.org/mcculloch/background1.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/mcculloch-v-maryland