Merryman, Ex Parte
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...MERRYMAN, EX PARTE case decided in 1861 by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney sitting as a federal circuit judge in Baltimore, Md. John...that President Lincoln had authorized him to suspend the writ. Taney held that Article 1, Section 9, of the U.S. Constitution...