http://www.oyez.org/cases/1867 en http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1867/1867_0 <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"> Georgia </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-petitioner-type"> <div class="field-label">Petitioner Type&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Petitioner </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-respondent"> <div class="field-label">Respondent&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Stanton </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-respondent-type"> <div class="field-label">Respondent Type&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Respondent </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/chas3">Chase Court (1867-1870)</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/73/50/case.html" target="_blank">73 U.S. 50 (1868)</a> </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/1868-02-10">Monday, February 10, 1868</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>The state of Georgia brought suit against the Secretary of War and two of his generals in an effort to prevent the enforcement of the Reconstruction Acts following the Civil War. The case arose under the Court's original jurisdiction.</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>Do the military laws invoked under the Reconstruction Acts unconstitutionally deprive Georgia of its sovereignty?</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> </div> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Nelson maintained that this was a "political" question and thus out-of-bounds for judicial inquiry. Georgia sought rights of a political character, not rights of persons or property. Thus the issue was outside the domain of a law or equity court.</p> </div> </div> </div> 1867 1851-1900 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:36:37 +0000 46971 at http://www.oyez.org