"Please to take Notice that on the 17th. day of this Month
I shall Move the Supreme Court of the United States Now
in session for a Rule hat you shew Cause why a
Mandamus should not be issued Commanding You to
deliver to me a Commission of Justice (of the Peace) in
and for the County of Washington in the (District of)
Columbia to which office I was appointed by (t)he late
President John Adams by and with the Advice and
Consent of the Senate of the United States. I have the
Honor to be Sir with the highest Respect your most obt.
Sert"
What Supreme Court case is this primary source and why