In January 1897 the High Court held that it had not, granted Brown's claim, and claimed the right to examine all legislation in order to ascertain its constitutional validity, the so-called ‘testing right’..
Højesteret sagde i januar 1897 at dette ikke var tilfældet, gav Brown kravet og hævdede retten til at undersøge al lovgivning for at sikre dens konstituel lovlighed, de såkaldte "testrettigheder".