Dartmouth: 

Woodward:

Applies to Constitution:

Wants to continue as a private school

CASE

Dartmouth vs. Woodward:

Wants Dartmouth to become a state school

Gives more authority to the state over the school. Being a private school, Dartmouth College did not want to let the state have authority over them. The contracts clause established settled the dispute of private institutes vs state and national. It gives private industries settled before government the right to their own land. Ex post facto also brings up the contract clause because the the charter was granted to Dartmouth college by England. Article 1 section 10 Contracts Clause states: "No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress. No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay." The Contracts Clause applies to this case specifically because the state cannot impose on the college unless they have Congress' consent, and congress cannot grant them consent because they are a private school.