In Re Sawyer
Supreme Court of the United States
ORIGINAL. This was a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in behalf of the mayor and eleven members of the city council of the city of Lincoln in the State of Nebraska, detained and imprisoned in the jail at Omaha in that ■ state by the marshal of. the United States for the .District of Nebraska, under an order of attachment for contempt, made by the Circuit Court of the United States for that district, under the following circumstances : On September 24, 1887, Albert F.…
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ORIGINAL. This was a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in behalf of the mayor and eleven members of the city council of the city of Lincoln in the State of Nebraska, detained and imprisoned in the jail at Omaha in that ■ state by the marshal of. the United States for the .District of Nebraska, under an order of attachment for contempt, made by the Circuit Court of the United States for that district, under the following circumstances : On September 24, 1887, Albert F. Parsons presented to the Circuit- Judge a bill in equity against said mayor and councilmen, the whole of which, except the…
1Opinion of the Court
124 U.S. 200 (1888)
IN RE SAWYER and Others.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued December 12, 1887.
Decided January 9, 1888.
ORIGINAL.
Mr. G.M. Lambertson for petitioners.
Mr. L.C. Burr opposing, on behalf of Parsons.
MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.
The question presented by this petition of the mayor and councilmen of the city of Lincoln for a writ of habeas corpus is whether it was within the jurisdiction and authority of the Circuit Court of the United States, sitting as a court of equity, to make the order under which the…
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