Great American Court Cases | Ex parte Grossman

Legal Citation: 267 U.S. 87 (1925)

Petitioner
Philip Grossman

Respondent
District of Illinois

Petitioner's Claim
That the president's pardon covers all offenses in the case of the petitioner, and the courts may not convict the appellant of crimes that have been pardoned.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Louis J. Behan

Chief Lawyers for Respondent
Amos C. Miller, F. Bruce Johnstone

Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Joseph McKenna, James Clark McReynolds, Edward Terry Sanford, George Sutherland, William Howard Taft (writing for the Court), Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
2 March 1925

Decision
The Supreme Court ruled that the president could pardon all offenses...