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EX PARTE WAPLES, 1871 — 154 U.S. 579 · caselaw · US
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EX PARTE WAPLES
154 U.S. 57938 L. Ed. 1088·Supreme Court of the United States·1871
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Opinion
EX PARTE WAPLES.
ORIGINAL.
No. 10.
Original.
Argued December 19, 20, 1870.
Decided January 9, 1871.
Ex parte Graham, 10 Wall. 541, followed.
Petition for writ of prohibition. .The case is stated in the opinion.
Mr. Thomas J. Durant for petitioner. ■
Mr. Caleb Cushing opposing.
[MAJORITY — Mr. Justice Swayne]
Mr. Justice Swayne
delivered the opinion of the court.
The facts are the same in this case, and the same questions are involved, as in the preceding case of Ex parte Graham and Day, No. 9, just decided, 10 Wall. 541, and this case is disposed of in the same way. The same entry will be made in both cases.