Bradley v. Fisher
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This was an action brought by Joseph H. Bradley, who was, in 1867, an attorney-at-law, practicing in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, against George P. Fisher, who was then one of the justices of that court, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiffj “by reason of the wilful, malicious, oppressive, and tyrannical acts and conduct” of the defendant, whereby the plaintiff was…
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Error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This was an action brought by Joseph H. Bradley, who was, in 1867, an attorney-at-law, practicing in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, against George P. Fisher, who was then one of the justices of that court, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiffj “by reason of the wilful, malicious, oppressive, and tyrannical acts and conduct” of the defendant, whereby the plaintiff was deprived of his right to practice as an attorney in that court. The case was thus: On the 10th of June, 1867, the trial of John…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
In 1867, the plaintiff was a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and the defendant was one of the justices of that court. In June, of that year, the trial of one John H. Suratt, for the murder of Abraham Lincoln, was commenced in the Criminal Court of the District, and was continued until the tenth of the following August, when the jury were discharged in consequence of their inability to agree upon a verdict. The defendant held that court, presiding at the trial of Suratt from its commencement to its close, and the plaintiff was one of the attorneys who…
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