Ableman v. Booth and United States v. Booth
Significance, Joshua Glover Is Saved From The Slave Catchers, Wisconsin Nullifies Federal Laws, Federal Courts Are Supreme Over State Courts
Petitioners
Jeremiah S. Black, U.S. Attorney General; Stephen Ableman
Respondent
Sherman Booth
Petitioners' Claim
Booth, who had been freed by the Wisconsin State Supreme Court, should serve the sentence imposed by a federal court.
Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
Jeremiah S. Black
Chief Lawyer for Respondent
No counsel appeared for the respondent.
Justices for the Court
John Archibald Campbell, John Catron, Nathan Clifford, Peter Vivian Daniel, Robert Cooper Grier, John McLean, Samuel Nelson, Roger Brooke Taney (writing for the Court), James Moore Wayne
Justices Dissenting
None
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
7 March 1859
Decision
A state court cannot grant a writ of habeas corpus to a prisoner arrested under the authority of the United States and in federal custody.
Related Cases
- Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856).
Sources
http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/papers/lockwood.htm
http://www.netsrq.com/~dbois/lockwood.html
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