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Legal Citation: 92 U.S 542 (1876)

Plaintiff
United States

Defendants
William J. Cruikshank, et al.

Plaintiff's Claim
That the defendants should be convicted of violations of 16 federal laws, including involvement in the lynching of two black men and the violation of the victims' "right and privilege peaceably to assemble together."

Chief Lawyers for Plaintiff
Edwards Pierrepont, Attorney General; Samuel F. Phillips, Solicitor General

Chief Defense Lawyers
David Dudley Field, Reverdy Johnson, R. H. Marr, Philip Phillips

Justices for the Court
Joseph P. Bradley, Nathan Clifford, David Davis, Stephen J. Field, Ward Hunt, Samuel F. Miller, William Strong, Noah H. Swayne, Morrison R. Waite (writing for the court)

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

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