At the very next term of the Supreme Court, after the decision in the case of the Nereid, an opinion was delivered by Story that aroused more contention and had greater effect on the American Nation than had all the decisions of the Supreme Court on international law up to that time.
Beveridge notes the significant impact of Story's opinion on the American nation following the Nereid case.
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