| Litigants: | Dewhurst v. Coulthard |
| Decidedate: | February |
| Decideyear: | 1799 |
| Fullname: | John Dewhurst v. Isaac Coulthard |
| Usvol: | 3 |
| Uspage: | 409 |
| Parallelcitations: | 3 Dall. 409; 1 L. Ed. 658; |
| Prior: | Circuit Court of the N.Y. District |
| Holding: | Motion denied, held that the Court could not hear a case that was not brought before it by the regular process of law. |
| Percuriam: | yes |
Dewhurst v. Coulthard, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 409 (1799), was a United States Supreme Court case that initiated with a civil suit brought by Isaac Coulthard (owner of Coulthard's Brewery) against John Dewhurst which reached the Court by a convoluted process. The Court refused to hear the case: "This court will not take cognizance of any suit, or controversy not brought before them by regular process of law."[1]