United States v. Shipp (203 U.S. 563)

United States of America v. Shipp
by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Syllabus

United States v. Shipp, 203 U.S. 563 (1906), was a ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States with regard to events surrounding a lynching in Tennessee. It is the only criminal trial of the Supreme Court in its history. Warning: template has been deprecated.

840366United States of America v. Shipp — SyllabusOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Court Documents

Opinion of the Court

United States Supreme Court

203 U.S. 563

United States of America v. Shipp

Argued: December 4, 5, 1906. --- Decided: December 24, 1906

Solicitor General Hoyt and Attorney General Moody for complainant.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 567-568 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. Judson Harmon, Lewis Shepherd, G. W. Chamlee, Robert B. Cooke, Martin A. Fleming, T. P. Shepherd, Robert Pritchard, and Clift & Cooke for defendants.

[Argument of Counsel from page 568-571 intentionally omitted]

Mr. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion of the court:

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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