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CRUICKSHANK v. BIDWELL

No. 232.

176 U.S. 73 (1900)

CRUICKSHANK v. BIDWELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 15, 1900.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John S. Davenport for appellants.

Mr. Edward B. Whitney for appellee. Mr. Solicitor General was on his brief.

Mr. James L. Bishop by leave of court filed a brief on behalf of William J. Butterfield and others.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

Complainants sought by this bill to enjoin an officer of the United States from the discharge of duties expressly imposed upon him by an act of Congress on the ground of its unconstitutionality. We are clear that its averments did not justify such an interference with executive action.

In Noble v. Union River Logging Railroad Company, 147 U.S. 165, the...

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