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John Merryman (August 9, 1824 – November 15, 1881) of Baltimore County, Maryland, was arrested in May 1861 and held prisoner in Fort McHenry in Baltimore and was the petitioner in the case "Ex parte Merryman" which was one of the best known habeas corpus cases of the American Civil War (1861–1865).
Ex parte Merryman, 17 F. Cas. 144 (C.C.D. Md. 1861) (No. 9487), was a controversial U.S. federal court case that arose out of the American Civil War. [1] It was a test of the authority of the President to suspend "the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus " under the Constitution's Suspension Clause , when Congress was in recess and therefore ...
United States ex rel. French v. Weeks, Secretary of War: 326 (1922) Clarke none none D.C. Cir. affirmed United States ex rel. Creary v. Weeks, Secretary of War: 336 (1922) Clarke none none D.C. Cir. affirmed United Mine Workers of America v. Coronado Coal Company: 344 (1922) Taft none none 8th Cir. reversed Ex parte Harley-Davidson Motor ...
Supreme Court of the United States Established March 4, 1789 ; 235 years ago (1789-03-04) Location Washington, D.C. Coordinates Composition method Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation Authorised by Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1 Judge term length life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal Number of positions 9 (by statute) Website supremecourt.gov This ...
Hicks reportedly approved this proposal. These actions were addressed in the famous federal court case of Ex parte Merryman. Maryland remained part of the Union during the United States Civil War, thanks to President Abraham Lincoln's swift action to suppress dissent in the state. The belated assistance of Governor Hicks also played an ...
Ex parte Garland, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 333 (1866), is an important case involving the disbarment of former Confederate officials. The Supreme Court ruled that a statute prohibiting former Confederate government officials from serving in the US government was unconstitutional as being both a bill of attainder and an ex post facto law.
In law, ex parte (/ ɛ k s ˈ p ɑːr t eɪ,-iː /) is a Latin term meaning literally "from/out of the party/faction [1] of" (name of party/faction, often omitted), thus signifying "on behalf of (name)". An ex parte decision is one decided by a judge without requiring all of the parties to the dispute to be present.
Maryland was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on April 28, 1788. [4] Before it declared its independence, Maryland was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Under the constitution of 1776, governors were appointed by the General Assembly legislature to one-year terms. They could be reelected for two ...