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· 10/11/1851

Persee v. The Clarence

Citations

  • 19 F. Cas. 307
  • 14 Law Rep. 453
  • 1851 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that it is up to the legislature to decide whether to fill in such a gap
  • it is for the legislature, not the courts, to define what constitutes criminal conduct
  • it is for the legislature, not the courts, to define what constitutes criminal conduct
  • describing such act as unconstitutional ―judicial legislation‖

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