Legal Opinion
Johns v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1949No. 28,594PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Dissent
DISSENTING OPINION
Emmert, J.
The Indiana courts ought to wash their own judicial linen. It is the duty of this court to see that this is done. We should not leave without a state remedy, wrongs which will have to be corrected in the federal courts. As long as the federal constitution “shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby . . . anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding,” 1 it is our sworn duty to enforce “due process” under the Fourteenth Amendment. Society suifers, respect for law is weakened and…
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- Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Johns v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1949