Ex parte Scott
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Virginia
G. A. J. Scott aud William McLean were committed for violation of the Virginia oleomargarine law, and each filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus in this court.
1Opinion of the Court
HUGHES, District Judge.
The petitioners are under arrest for trading in an article of commerce brought from another state. Their business would go to ruin if they were required to await all the proceedings in the state courts incident to appeal, and to reaching a final adjudication of their rights in the state court of final resort. This fact malíes these cases cases of emergency, demanding immediate action by this court. It was in this view that I directed these writs of habeas corpus to be issued. The facts agreed between the prosecuting officers of the state and the petitioners are as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Brown v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Brimmer v. RebmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Stockton v. Baltimore & N. Y. R.United States Circuit Court · 1887
- In re RebmanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Virginia · 1890