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Moyer v. Peabody

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Moyer v. Peabody
by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Moyer v. Peabody, 212 U.S. 78 (1909), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court which held that the governor and officers of a state National Guard, acting in good faith and under authority of law, may imprison without probable cause a citizen of the United States in a time of insurrection and deny that citizen the right of habeas corpus.

843261Moyer v. Peabody — SyllabusOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

United States Supreme Court

212 U.S. 78

Moyer  v.  Peabody

 Argued: January 5, 6, 1909. --- Decided: January 18, 1909

Messrs. Edmund F. Richardson and Horace N. Hawkins for plaintiff in error.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 79-80 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. Horace Phelps, William H. Dickson, and John M. Waldron for defendant in error.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 80-81 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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