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· 4/13/1925

Steele v. United States No. 2

Citations

  • 267 U.S. 505
  • 45 S. Ct. 417
  • 69 L. Ed. 761
  • 1925 U.S. LEXIS 387

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that deputy U.S. Mar- shals were not officers of the United States, despite the coercive power they could exercise
  • concluding that deputy U.S. Mar- shals were not officers of the United States, despite the coercive power they could exercise
  • holding that a probable-cause determination need not be submitted to a jury
  • noting that the Court interprets “officer of the United States” in a statute in light of its constitutional meaning unless relevant context indicates otherwise
  • noting that the Court interprets “officer of the United States” in a statute in light of its constitutional meaning unless relevant context indicates otherwise
  • explaining that it is usually “true that the words ‘officer of the United States,’ when employed in … statutes … have the limited constitutional meaning”

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Judges: Taft

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