The court's controversial 1787 decision in "Bayard v. Singleton" is among its most significant. "Bayard", involving a dispute over property confiscated during the Revolutionary War, was the first ruling in America to declare a legislative act unconstitutional, thus establishing the principle of judicial review. Judicial review was later adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court in "Marbury v. Madison" (1803). The ruling led to a discussion between Supreme Court justice James Iredell and Founding Father Richard Dobbs Spaight as to the proper role of judges in a Constitutional Republic, leaving Spaight questioning if a court had a right to overturn legislation.