 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 674 pages
...treaty. It is sufficient if there is a judicial proceeding, in which a correct decision depends upon the construction of the Constitution, or a law or treaty of the United States. Nor is a case taken out of the operation of this clause of the Constitution by the fact that questions... | |
 | 1880 - 554 pages
...their authority." 4. That such cases arise whenever a correct decision in regard to them depends upon the construction of the Constitution or a law or treaty of the United States. 6. That Congress, by a series of acts, commencing with the Judiciary Act of 1789, and providing for... | |
 | 1875 - 462 pages
...in more recent times," says Jndge B., "it has been extended to all persons in custody in violation of the Constitution, or a law or treaty of the United States." And he adds, " the case is relieved from the impediment to the use of a habeas corpus which formerly... | |
 | 1875 - 788 pages
...own government; and in more recent times it has been extended to all persons in custody in violation of the Constitution or a law or treaty of the United States. The present case belongs to the last category, and is relieved from the impediment to the use of a... | |
 | 1875 - 722 pages
...own government ; and in more recent times it has been extended to all persons in custody in violation of the constitution or a law or treaty of the United States. The present case belongs to the last category, and is relieved from the impediment to the use of a... | |
 | 1875 - 842 pages
...own government; and in more recent times it has been extended to all persons in custody in violation of the Constitution or a law or treaty of the United States. The present case belongs to the last category, and is relieved from the impediment to the use of a... | |
 | 1881 - 1980 pages
...of any one who "is in custody," whether under the authority of the state or otherwise, "in violation of the constitution, or a law or treaty of the United States," and to discharge him therefrom in case he is held in contravention thereof. If, then, the petitioner... | |
 | Lorenzo Smith Boswell Sawyer, United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit) - 1882 - 718 pages
...any one who "is in custody," whether under the authority of the state, or otherwise, " in violation of the constitution, or a law or treaty of the United States," and to discharge him therefrom in case he is held in contravention thereof. 1880.] Opinion of the Court—... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1887 - 712 pages
...which some title, right, privilege, or immunity on which the recovery depends will be defeated by one construction of the Constitution, or a law or treaty of the United States, or sustained by a contrary construction. Starin v. New York, 115 Opinion of the Court. US 248, 257,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1887 - 716 pages
...which some title, right, privilege, or immunity on which the recovery depends will be defeated by one construction of the Constitution, or a law or treaty of the United States, or sustained by a contrary construction. Starin v. New York, 115 Opinion of the Court. US 248, 257,... | |
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... custody in violation of the Constitution or a law or treaty of the United States... 
