Carbo v. United States

Mr. Chief Justice Warren, with whom Mr. Justice Black joins,

dissenting.

I cannot agree with the decision of the Court. We have said that “apart from specific exceptions created by Congress the jurisdiction of the district courts is territorial,” Ahrens v. Clark, 335 U. S. 188, 190, and that as a general rule “a United States district court cannot issue process beyond the limits of the district.” Georgia v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 324 U. S. 439, 467-468. These principles were applied to writs of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum in Ahrens v. Clark, supra, where we held that the words “within their…