Cross v. Burke
Citations
- 146 U.S. 82
- 13 S. Ct. 22
- 36 L. Ed. 896
- 1892 U.S. LEXIS 2178
Syllabus
<p>This court has no jurisdiction over judgments of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia on habeas' corpus.</p> <p>The statutes on this subject .reviewed.</p> <p>Wales v. Whitney, 114 U. S. 564, qualified and explained.'</p> <p>This court does not consider itself bound by expressions touching its jurisdiction found in an opinion in a case in which there was no contest on that point.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- stating that “[i]t is well settled that a proceeding in habeas corpus is a civil and not a criminal proceeding”
- “It is well settled that a proceeding in habeas corpus is a civil, and not a criminal, proceeding.”
- “[A] proceeding in habeas corpus is a civil . . . proceeding.”
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Judges: Fuller
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