· 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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