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ex parte bollman  

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  • Ex Parte Bollman, 8 U.S. 75 (1807), is an early U.S. Supreme Court decision that issued a writ of habeas corpus to release two individuals who had been arrested in New Orleans and brought to the District of Columbia for treason despite two previous writs of habeas corpus on their behalf. In the course of rendering its decision, the Court had to determine whether there had been sufficient probable cause to arrest the men. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Ex Parte Bollman (1807)]

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  • 1807

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