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Peck was one of the first steps toward the settling of the law of public contract in the riotous young Republic--one of the earliest and strongest judicial assertions of the supremacy of Nationalism over Localism.
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Beveridge highlights the significance of the Peck case in establishing national legal principles over local interests.
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