United States v. Debs
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
Proceedings for contempt against Eugene V. Debs and others for violation of injunctions issued, one on complaint of the United States, and the other on petition of the receivers of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad Company, appointed in a suit against that road by the Union Trust Company.
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Proceedings for contempt against Eugene V. Debs and others for violation of injunctions issued, one on complaint of the United States, and the other on petition of the receivers of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad Company, appointed in a suit against that road by the Union Trust Company. These informations were filed July 17, 1891. The substance of ihe first is: That on the 2d day of July, 1894, the United States of America filed with the cleric of thig court an information or complaint charging, among other things, that the defendants, Eugene V. Debs, George W. Howard, L. W. Rogers,…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge,
after malting the foregoing statement: If the case presented were itself of less moment., the very great importance of some of the questions involved could not be overlooked. To the study of them I have devoted more time than could well be spared from other duties. It is due to counsel to say that the labor of the court, protracted and painstaking as it has been, has been greatly relieved by the contributions of learning and research which they brought to the discussion. While the principles considered are not new, in the question of the validity of the injunction which…
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