Supreme Court· 1/14/1867
Ex Parte Garland
Citations
- 71 U.S. 333
- 18 L. Ed. 366
- 4 Wall. 333
- 1866 U.S. LEXIS 886
- 32 How. Pr. 241
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- interpreting the President's power of pardon to apply anytime after the commission of an offense
- attorneys are officers of court \whose duties relate almost exclusively to proceedings of a judicial nature\
- attorneys are officers of court “whose duties relate almost exclusively to proceedings of a judicial nature”
- “Attorneys and counsellors are not officers of the United States[;] ... [t]hey are officers of the court, admitted as such by its order_”
- “From its entry [i.e., the court’s order of admission] the parties become officers of the court, and are responsible to it for professional misconduct.”
- “There is only this limitation to [the pardon power’s] operation: it does not restore offices forfeited, or property or interests vested in others in consequence of the conviction and judgment.”
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