United States v. Moore

Citations

• 129 F. 630
• 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4082

Syllabus

<p>1. Constitutional Law — Rights of Citizens — Organization.</p> <p>Tbe right of a citizen to organize miners, artisans, laborers, or persons in any pursuit, as well as the right of individuals in such callings to unite for their own improvement or advancement, or for any other lawful purpose, is a fundamental right of a citizen in all free governments; but it is not a right, privilege, or immunity granted or secured to citizens of the United States, by its Constitution or laws, and is left solely to the protection of the states.</p> <p>2. Same — Life and Liberty.</p> <p>The fourteenth amendment of the federal Constitution, which prohibits a state from depriving any person of his life, liberty, or property without due process of law, adds nothing to the rights of any citizen against another, but merely furnishes additional guaranties against any encroachment by the states upon.the fundamental rights which belong to every citizen as a member of society.</p> <p>3. Same — Federal Courts — Jurisdiction.</p> <p>Federal courts have no jurisdiction to punish a conspiracy to oppress and intimidate a citizen of the United States to prevent him from exercising the right to establish a miners’ union in a state, in the furtherance of which defendants were alleged to have assaulted such citizen, with intent to murder him by shooting at him with a pistol; such offense being entirely within the jurisdiction of the state courts.</p>