Degge v. Hitchcock
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. In 1909 complaint was made to the postal authorities that W. W. Degge and the Wellington corporations, of which he was president, were using the mails in furtherance of a fraudulent scheme. Notice was given'to Degge and the corporations and a hearing was had before the officer to whom, under the Postal Regulations, the disposition of this class of cases was committed.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. In 1909 complaint was made to the postal authorities that W. W. Degge and the Wellington corporations, of which he was president, were using the mails in furtherance of a fraudulent scheme. Notice was given'to Degge and the corporations and a hearing was had before the officer to whom, under the Postal Regulations, the disposition of this class of cases was committed. He found that the charges were true and to his finding he attached a copy of all the evidence which had been taken. The report was confirmed by the Postmaster General,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
This case is the first instance, so far as we can find, in which a Federal court has been asked to issue a writ of certiorari to review a ruling by an executive officer of the United States Government. That at once suggests that the failure to make such application has been due to the conceded want of power to issue the writ to such officers. For, since the adoption of the Constitution, there have been countless rulings by heads of departments that directly affected personal and property rights and where the writ of certiorari, if available, would have furnished an effective method by which…
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