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Ex parte Milligan

Index Ex parte Milligan

Ex parte Milligan,, was a U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled the application of military tribunals to citizens when civilian courts are still operating is unconstitutional. [1]

79 relations: Abraham Lincoln, Alvin Peterson Hovey, American Civil War, Andrew Humphreys, Andrew Johnson, Arbitrary arrest and detention, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Benjamin Butler, Benjamin Harrison, Bloomfield, Indiana, Canada, Chief Justice of the United States, Cincinnati, Clement Vallandigham, Confederate States of America, Conspiracy (criminal), David Davis (Supreme Court justice), David Dudley Field II, Democratic Party (United States), Ex parte Merryman, Ex parte Quirin, Ex parte Vallandigham, French Lick, Indiana, General officer, Governor of Indiana, Greene County, Indiana, Habeas corpus, Habeas Corpus Suspension Act (1863), Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Harrison H. Dodd, Henry Stanbery, Huntington County, Indiana, Huntington, Indiana, Illinois, Indianapolis, James A. Garfield, James Buchanan, James Moore Wayne, James Speed, Jeremiah S. Black, John William Wallace, Kentucky, Lambdin P. Milligan, Lawyers' Edition, LexisNexis, List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 71, Marion County, Indiana, Martial law, Martin County, Indiana, ..., Massachusetts, Military justice, Mootness, Nathan Clifford, Noah Haynes Swayne, Ohio, Oliver P. Morton, Pardon, President of the United States, Prisoner-of-war camp, Rebellion, Republican Party (United States), Robert Cooper Grier, Salmon P. Chase, Samuel Freeman Miller, Samuel Nelson, Southern United States, Stephen Johnson Field, Supreme Court cases of the American Civil War, Supreme Court of the United States, Thomas A. Hendricks, Union (American Civil War), United States, United States Attorney General, United States Congress, United States Constitution, United States Secretary of State, William A. Bowles, Writ. Expand index (29 more) »

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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Alvin Peterson Hovey

Alvin Peterson Hovey (September 6, 1821 – November 23, 1891) was a Union general during the American Civil War, an Indiana Supreme Court justice, congressman, and the 21st Governor of Indiana from 1889 to 1891.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Andrew Humphreys

Andrew Humphreys (March 30, 1821 – June 14, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, who served in the Forty-fourth Congress.

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Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869.

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Arbitrary arrest and detention

Arbitrary arrest and arbitrary detention are the arrest or detention of an individual in a case in which there is no likelihood or evidence that they committed a crime against legal statute, or in which there has been no proper due process of law.

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died the following day at 7:22 a.m., in the Petersen House opposite the theater.

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States.

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Benjamin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was a major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer and businessman from Massachusetts.

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Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893.

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Bloomfield, Indiana

Bloomfield is a town in Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and thus the head of the United States federal court system, which functions as the judicial branch of the nation's federal government.

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Cincinnati

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Clement Vallandigham

Clement Laird Vallandigham (July 29, 1820June 17, 1871) was an Ohio politician and leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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Conspiracy (criminal)

In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime at some time in the future.

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David Davis (Supreme Court justice)

David Davis (March 9, 1815 – June 26, 1886) was a United States Senator from Illinois and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.

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David Dudley Field II

David Dudley Field II (February 13, 1805April 13, 1894) was an American lawyer and law reformer who made major contributions to the development of American civil procedure.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Ex parte Merryman

Ex parte Merryman, 17 F. Cas. 144 (C.C.D. Md. 1861) (No. 9487), is a well-known and controversial U.S. federal court case which arose out of the American Civil War (1861–1865).

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Ex parte Quirin

Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942), is a case of the United States Supreme Court during World War II that upheld the jurisdiction of a United States military tribunal over the trial of eight German saboteurs in the United States.

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Ex parte Vallandigham

Ex parte Vallandigham,, is a United States Supreme Court case, involving a former congressman Clement Vallandigham of Ohio, who had violated an Army order against the public expression of sympathy for the Confederate States and their cause.

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French Lick, Indiana

French Lick is a town in French Lick Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.

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Governor of Indiana

The Governor of Indiana is the chief executive of the state of Indiana.

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Greene County, Indiana

Greene County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Habeas corpus

Habeas corpus (Medieval Latin meaning literally "that you have the body") is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is lawful.

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Habeas Corpus Suspension Act (1863)

The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, (1863), entitled An Act relating to Habeas Corpus, and regulating Judicial Proceedings in Certain Cases, was an Act of Congress that authorized the president of the United States to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in response to the American Civil War and provided for the release of political prisoners.

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Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld,, is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court recognized the power of the U.S. government to detain enemy combatants, including U.S. citizens, but ruled that detainees who are U.S. citizens must have the rights of due process, and the ability to challenge their enemy combatant status before an impartial authority.

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Harrison H. Dodd

Harrison Horton Dodd (February 29, 1824 – June 2, 1906) was a founder of the 1860s-era OSL (Order of Sons of Liberty), a paramilitary secret society which was a continuation and/or extension of the KGC (Knights of the Golden Circle).

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Henry Stanbery

Henry Stanbery (February 20, 1803 – June 26, 1881) was an American lawyer and United States Attorney General.

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Huntington County, Indiana

Huntington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Huntington, Indiana

Huntington, known as the "Lime City", is the largest city in and the county seat of Huntington County, Indiana, United States.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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James A. Garfield

James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year.

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James Buchanan

James Buchanan Jr. (April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was an American politician who served as the 15th President of the United States (1857–61), serving immediately prior to the American Civil War.

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James Moore Wayne

James Moore Wayne (1790 – July 5, 1867) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and was a United States Representative from Georgia.

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James Speed

James Speed (March 11, 1812 – June 25, 1887) was an American lawyer, politician and professor.

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Jeremiah S. Black

Jeremiah Sullivan Black (January 10, 1810 – August 19, 1883) was an American statesman and lawyer.

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John William Wallace

John William Wallace (February 17, 1815 – January 12, 1884) was an American lawyer and the seventh reporter of decisions of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1863 to 1874.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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Lambdin P. Milligan

Lambdin Purdy Milligan (March 24, 1812 – December 21, 1899) was a lawyer and farmer who was known for his extreme opinions on states' rights and his opposition to the Lincoln administration's conduct of the American Civil War.

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Lawyers' Edition

The United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition, or Lawyers' Edition (L. Ed. and L. Ed. 2d in case citations) is an unofficial reporter of Supreme Court of the United States opinions.

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LexisNexis

LexisNexis Group is a corporation providing computer-assisted legal research as well as business research and risk management services.

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 71

This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 71 of the United States Reports.

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Marion County, Indiana

Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Martial law

Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civilian functions of government, especially in response to a temporary emergency such as invasion or major disaster, or in an occupied territory. Martial law can be used by governments to enforce their rule over the public.

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Martin County, Indiana

Martin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Military justice

Military justice (or military law) is the body of laws and procedures governing members of the armed forces.

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Mootness

In law, the terms moot and mootness have different meanings in British English and American English.

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Nathan Clifford

Nathan Clifford (August 18, 1803 – July 25, 1881) was an American statesman, diplomat and jurist, whose career culminated in a lengthy period of service as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Noah Haynes Swayne

Noah Haynes Swayne (December 7, 1804 – June 8, 1884) was an American jurist and politician.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Oliver P. Morton

Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (August 4, 1823 – November 1, 1877), commonly known as Oliver P. Morton, was a U.S. Republican Party politician from Indiana.

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Pardon

A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be absolved of guilt for an alleged crime or other legal offense, as if the act never occurred.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Prisoner-of-war camp

A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of enemy combatants captured by a belligerent power in time of war.

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Rebellion

Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Robert Cooper Grier

Robert Cooper Grier (March 5, 1794 – September 25, 1870), was an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Salmon P. Chase

Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808May 7, 1873) was a U.S. politician and jurist who served as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States.

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Samuel Freeman Miller

Samuel Freeman Miller (April 5, 1816 – October 13, 1890) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1862 to 1890.

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Samuel Nelson

Samuel Nelson (November 10, 1792 – December 13, 1873) was an American attorney and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, also known as the American South, Dixie, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a region of the United States of America.

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Stephen Johnson Field

Stephen Johnson Field (November 4, 1816 – April 9, 1899) was an American jurist.

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Supreme Court cases of the American Civil War

A number of cases were tried before the Supreme Court of the United States during the period of the American Civil War.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Thomas A. Hendricks

Thomas Andrews Hendricks (September 7, 1819November 25, 1885) was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana who served as the 16th Governor of Indiana (1873–77) and the 21st Vice President of the United States (1885).

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Union (American Civil War)

During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Attorney General

The United States Attorney General (A.G.) is the head of the United States Department of Justice per, concerned with all legal affairs, and is the chief lawyer of the United States government.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States Constitution

The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.

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United States Secretary of State

The Secretary of State is a senior official of the federal government of the United States of America, and as head of the U.S. Department of State, is principally concerned with foreign policy and is considered to be the U.S. government's equivalent of a Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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William A. Bowles

William A. Bowles (1799 – March 28, 1873) was a physician, landowner, and politician from French Lick, Orange County, Indiana.

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Writ

In common law, a writ (Anglo-Saxon gewrit, Latin breve) is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction; in modern usage, this body is generally a court.

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Redirects here:

71 U.S. 2, Ex Parte Milligan, Ex parte milligan.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_parte_Milligan

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