This Supreme Court justice wrote a unanimous decision that a state court could not issue a writ of habeas corpus to annul a conviction by a federal court, Ableman v. Booth.
This Supreme Court justice wrote a unanimous decision that a state court could not issue a writ of habeas corpus to annul a conviction by a federal court, Ableman v. Booth. When this person was Chief Justice, Joseph Story wrote a unanimous opinion later overturned by Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins that differentiated between statutory law and common law, Swift v. Tyson. This justice also wrote the majority decision in Luther v. Borden, a case that arose from the Dorr Rebellion. One of his first major decisions as Chief Justice, which decided in favor of narrow contract interpretation, was Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge. Name this Chief Justice who wrote the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision.
This Supreme Court justice wrote a unanimous decision that a state court could not issue a writ of habeas corpus to annul a conviction by a federal court, Ableman v. Booth.
Roger B(rooke) Taney