Kneedler v. Lane
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
At Nisi Prius. In Equity. Motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction ordered in this case, as previously reported. On the 12th December, 1863, Mr. Knox, for the defendants in each case, applied to Mr. Justice Strong, then holding the Nisi Prius, to dissolve the injunctions theretofore granted in said court. Judge Strong received the motions, and appointed the 30th December instant for their hearing, and, as in the former proceeding, requested his brethren to sit with him.
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At Nisi Prius. In Equity. Motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction ordered in this case, as previously reported. On the 12th December, 1863, Mr. Knox, for the defendants in each case, applied to Mr. Justice Strong, then holding the Nisi Prius, to dissolve the injunctions theretofore granted in said court. Judge Strong received the motions, and appointed the 30th December instant for their hearing, and, as in the former proceeding, requested his brethren to sit with him. The motions to dissolve the injunctions were argued before all the judges on the 30th and 31st days of December.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered
by Strong, J.
When the motions for preliminary injunctions were made in these cases, and all the' judges of the Supreme *524Court were invited to hear the argument, and advise what orders should be made, I was of opinion that there was no equity in the complainants’ bills, and I advised that the injunctions asked for should be denied. I thought then, as I think now, that the act of Congress of March 3d, 1863, under which the defendants were acting, is constitutional, and therefore that they had neither done nor proposed to do anything contrary to law or…
2Cited by1 opinion
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