Legal Opinion

United States v. Insurgents

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 1, 1795PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

2 U.S. 335 (____)

2 Dall. 335

The UNITED STATES

versus

The INSURGENTS of Pennsylvania.

Supreme Court of United States.

PETERS, Justice:

I have considered the objections made to the pannels, and do not conceive these objections relevant.

Although in ordinary cases it would be well to accommodate our practice with that of the State, yet the Judiciary of the United States should not be fettered and controuled in its operations by a strict adherence to State regulations and practice. But I see not that in a liberal view and construction of the laws of the United States, on this subject, a rigid adherence…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. United States v. MontgomeryU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania · 1795

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. United States v. SampsonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2004
  2. Evans v. BollenUnited States Circuit Court · 1800
  3. United States v. O'DriscollDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2002

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