http://www.oyez.org/cases/1865 en http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1865/1865_0 <h3 class="location-locations-header">Location</h3> <div class="location-locations-wrapper"> <div class="location vcard"> <div class="adr"> <span class="fn">Military Commission at United States Court House in Indianapolis</span> <div class="street-address"> IN&quot; 46 East Ohio Street Indianapolis IN </div> <span class="locality">46 East Ohio Street</span> <span class="postal-code">IN</span> <div class="country-name">United States</div> <span class="geo"><abbr class="latitude" title="-56.000000">56° 0' 0" S</abbr>, <abbr class="longitude" title="39.770586">39° 46' 14.1096" E</abbr></span> </div> <div class="map-link"> <div class="location map-link">See map: <a href="http://maps.google.com?q=-56.000000+39.770586+%28+IN%22%2C+46+East+Ohio+Street%2C+%2C+IN%2C+us%29">Google Maps</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-case-basics"><legend>Case Basics</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-petitioner"> <div class="field-label">Petitioner&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Ex parte Milligan </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-heard-by"> <div class="field-label">Heard By&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/courts/chase/chas2">Chase Court (1865-1867)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-decided-by"> <div class="field-label">Decided By&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/courts/chase/chas2">Chase Court (1865-1867)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-citation"> <div class="field-label">Opinion&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="http://www.justia.us/us/71/2/case.html" target="_blank">71 U.S. 2 (1866)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-argument"> <div class="field-label">Argued&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single"><a href="/case_calendar/1866-03-05">Monday, March 5, 1866</a></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-decision"> <div class="field-label">Decided&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single"><a href="/case_calendar/1866-04-03">Tuesday, April 3, 1866</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-facts-of-the-case"> <div class="field-label">Facts of the Case&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Lambden P. Milligan was sentenced to death by a military commission in Indiana during the Civil War; he had engaged in acts of disloyalty. Milligan sought release through habeas corpus from a federal court.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-question"> <div class="field-label">Question&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Does a civil court have jurisdiction over a military tribunal?</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-conclusion"> <div class="field-label">Conclusion&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="view view-case-decisions view-id-case_decisions view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-1"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div> <b>Decision:</b> 9 votes for Milligan, 0 vote(s) against<br /> <b>Legal provision:</b> US Const. Amend 5</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Davis, speaking for the Court, held that trials of civilians by presidentially created military commissions are unconstitutional. Martial law cannot exist where the civil courts are operating.</p> </div> </div> </div> 1865 1851-1900 conlaw criminal habeas corpus jurisdiction justiciability presidency top100 -56.000000 39.770586 Mon, 05 Mar 1866 13:00:00 +0000 46989 at http://www.oyez.org