Ableman v. Booth

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1859-03-18

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Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court. The plaintiff in error in the first of these eases is the marshal Of the United States for the district of Wisconsin, and the two eases have arisen out of the same transaction, and depend, ■to some extent, upon the same principles. On that account, they have been argued and considered together; and th…

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