| Kessler v. Treat | |
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| Argued December 3–4, 1906 Decided March 4, 1907 | |
| Full case name | Kessler v. Treat |
| Citations | 205 U.S. 33 (more) 27 S. Ct. 434; 51 L. Ed. 695 |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Fuller, joined by Brewer, White, Peckham, McKenna, Holmes, Day |
| Dissent | Harlan |
| Moody took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Kessler v. Treat, 205 U.S. 33 (1907), was a decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States adjudicated allegations that prisoners were unlawfully imprisoned by Morgan Treat, the United States Marshall for the Eastern District of Virginia.[1] In a one-sentence opinion written by Chief Justice Melville Fuller, the Court identified ten cases for which the Court entered the same decree as the one issued in Tinsley v. Treat.[2] Justice John Marshall Harlan dissented without writing a separate opinion.[3]
The Court entered decrees for the following cases:[2]
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