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| | Ex Parte Milligan - definition of Ex Parte Milligan in Encyclopedia |
 | | Ex Parte Milligan, 71 U.S.) was an important United States Supreme Court case involving civilians and military tribunals. | | | Lambdin Milligan and four others were accused of planning to steal Union weapons and invade Union prisoner-of-war camps and were sentenced to hang by a military court in 1864. | | | However, their execution was not set until May 1865, so they were able to argue the case after the Civil War. |
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| | ex parte legal definition of ex parte. ex parte synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary. |
| | Ex parte matters are usually temporary orders (like a restraining order or temporary custody) pending a formal hearing, or an emergency request for a continuance. | | | This is an exception to the basic rule of court procedure that both parties must be present at any argument before a judge, and to the otherwise strict rule that an attorney may not notify a judge without previously notifying the opposition. | | | Most jurisdictions require at least a diligent attempt to contact the other party's lawyer of the time and place of any ex parte hearing. |
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| | EX PARTE MILLIGAN, 71 U.S. 2 (1866) -- US Supreme Court Cases from Justia & Oyez |
| | This being an ex parte application for a writ of habeas corpus made to a court, the division of opinion then occurring was in effect a decision of the case. | | | The uniform practice in this court is against its jurisdiction in such a case as this upon ex parte proceedings. | | | All the cases (some twenty in number) before this court, on certificates of division, during all the time that this jurisdiction has existed, are cases between parties, and stated in the usual formula of A. v. |
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| | Ex parte Milligan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Ex parte Milligan |
| | Milligan, an Indiana citizen sentenced by a military tribunal to hang for secessionist activities, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that as a civilian he was not subject to military law. | | | US Supreme Court decision 1866 that attended to the issue of the jurisdiction of military tribunals in areas where civilian courts are operating. | | | The Court ruled 5–4 in favour of Milligan, holding that neither the US president nor Congress had the right to impose martial law outside of a war zone. |
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| | Milligan, ex parte - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Milligan, ex parte |
| | The Supreme Court did not deal directly with the question of habeas corpus but with the limitation of martial law. | | | It decided that even though the United States was at war, the federal courts of Indiana were operating, and they alone might try the case. | | | Milligan, ex parte, case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1866. |
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| | Salmon P. Chase |
| | Chase was unable to forge a solid majority during his tenure as Chief Justice and often found himself in dissent on such important cases as Ex parte Milligan (1866), Bradwell v. | | | He insisted that the Senate conduct itself as a court of law, not as a legislative body. | | | During his single term, Chase introduced the successful Pacific Railroad Act and vehemently condemned the fugitive slave bill that became part of the Compromise of 1850. |
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