Andrew J. Aikens v. State of Wisconsin
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP WISCONSIN. The facts, which involved the constitutionality of § 4466a of the statutes of Wisconsin, 1898, are stated in the opinion of the court. Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution contains an express restriction against the State, through any of its governmental agencies, executive, legislative or judicial, depriving any person of liberty or property without ^ due process of law.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP WISCONSIN. The facts, which involved the constitutionality of § 4466a of the statutes of Wisconsin, 1898, are stated in the opinion of the court. Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution contains an express restriction against the State, through any of its governmental agencies, executive, legislative or judicial, depriving any person of liberty or property without ^ due process of law. The words “ liberty or property ” not having been defined in the Constitution it is for the court to determine their scope and meaning…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are three writs of error to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, brought to set aside convictions and sentences of the plaintiffs in error, the defendants below, upon informations filed by the District Attorney. 113 Wisconsin, 419. The ground <?f the writs is that the proceedings violated the rights of the plaintiffs in error under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The informations were brought under the Wisconsin statutes of 1898, § 4466a, which impose imprisonment or fine on “any two or more persons who shall combine ... for the purpose of wilfully or…
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