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Legal Citation: 317 U.S. 1 (1942)

Petitioners
Richard Quirin, et al.

Respondent
Albert Cox, Brigadier General, Provost Marshal of the Military District of Washington

Petitioners' Claim
That the president lacks the power to set up special military tribunals to try war crimes, and that civil courts have the right to review decisions made by these special military courts.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
Kenneth C. Royall

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Francis Biddle, U.S. Attorney General

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, James Francis Byrnes, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, Robert H. Jackson, Stanley Forman Reed, Owen Josephus Roberts, Harlan Fiske Stone (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
None (Frank Murphy did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

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