Chief Justice John Marshall, writing for the Supreme Court in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), ruled that

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In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled that a state could not tax an institution created by the federal government because the power to tax it could lead to the power to destroy it. This decision established the principle that the federal government had certain implied powers not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, and that state governments could not interfere with these powers. The case involved Maryland's attempt to tax the Second Bank of the United States, a federally-chartered bank, and the Court's decision helped to strengthen the power of the federal government over the states.

Chief Justice John Marshall, Writing for the Supreme Court in the Case