Legal Opinion

Osborn v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 18, 1876No. 77PublishedCited by 73 opinions

■ Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe District of Kansas.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field

delivered ..the opinion óf the Court.

The material questions presented in this case for our determination relate, first, to the effect of the President’s pardon upon the rights of the petitioner to the proceeds of .his property confiscated by the decree of the District Court; and, second, to the power of the court to compel restitution to its registry of moneys illegally received by its former officers.

In May, 1868, the District Court of Kansas decreed the condemnation and forfeiture to the United States of. the several bonds and mortgages described in the information filed by the government.…

2Cited by73 opinions

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  2. In The Matter Of Casco Chemical Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
  3. Lesser Cotton Co. v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
  4. Joseph Yasak v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
  5. Richards v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951

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