Legal Citation: 62 U.S. 506 (1858)

Petitioners
Jeremiah S. Black, U.S. Attorney General; Stephen Ableman

Respondent
Sherman Booth

Petitioners' Claim
Booth, who had been freed by the Wisconsin State Supreme Court, should serve the sentence imposed by a federal court.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Jeremiah S. Black

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
No counsel appeared for the respondent.

Justices for the Court
John Archibald Campbell, John Catron, Nathan Clifford, Peter Vivian Daniel, Robert Cooper Grier, John McLean, Samuel Nelson, Roger Brooke Taney (writing for the Court), James Moore Wayne

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
7 March 1859

Decision
A state court cannot grant a writ of habeas corpus to a prisoner arrested under...