Ex parte Merryman

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American Civil War legal case United States federal court case habeas corpus case

Ex parte Merryman was an 1861 U.S. federal court case in which Chief Justice Roger B. Taney challenged President Abraham Lincoln’s authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War.

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Label	Occurrences
Ex parte Merryman canonical	3
Ex parte Merryman, 17 F. Cas. 144 (C.C.D. Md. 1861)	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War legal case ⓘ United States federal court case ⓘ habeas corpus case ⓘ
branchChallenged	executive branch ⓘ
chiefJustice	Roger Brooke Taney ⓘ surface form: Roger B. Taney
citationStyle	Ex parte Merryman self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ex parte Merryman, 17 F. Cas. 144 (C.C.D. Md. 1861)
concerns	suspension of the writ of habeas corpus ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article I, Section 9, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland ⓘ
date	1861 ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	U.S. federal courts ⓘ surface form: United States federal courts
held	that the President lacked unilateral authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus ⓘ that the power to suspend habeas corpus lies with Congress, not the President ⓘ
historicalContext	Union military arrests of suspected Confederate sympathizers in Maryland ⓘ
involves	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
isOftenCitedIn	discussions of civil liberties in wartime ⓘ scholarship on separation of powers ⓘ
isOftenComparedTo	Ex parte Milligan ⓘ Korematsu v. United States ⓘ
judgeAuthoredOpinion	Roger Brooke Taney ⓘ surface form: Roger B. Taney
legalIssue	civil liberties during wartime ⓘ presidential power to suspend habeas corpus ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
location	Maryland ⓘ
petitioner	John Merryman ⓘ
presidentInvolved	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
presidingJudge	Roger Brooke Taney ⓘ surface form: Roger B. Taney
relatedTo	Abraham Lincoln’s April 27, 1861 suspension of habeas corpus ⓘ Suspension Clause ⓘ surface form: Suspension Clause of the United States Constitution
respondent	United States government ⓘ
result	executive branch refused to comply with the court’s order ⓘ order to release John Merryman from military custody ⓘ
significance	early and prominent challenge to presidential war powers ⓘ important precedent in debates over emergency powers ⓘ landmark in the history of habeas corpus in the United States ⓘ
status	never reviewed by the United States Supreme Court as a full Court ⓘ
subjectMatter	limits on martial law ⓘ military detention of civilians ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring	American Civil War ⓘ
year	1861 ⓘ

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Roger B. Taney Court → notableCase → Ex parte Merryman ⓘ

Roger Brooke Taney → notableCourtCase → Ex parte Merryman ⓘ

Taney Court → hasNotableDecision → Ex parte Merryman ⓘ

Ex parte Merryman → citationStyle → Ex parte Merryman self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ex parte Merryman, 17 F. Cas. 144 (C.C.D. Md. 1861)