Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942), was a case of the United States Supreme Court that during World War II upheld the jurisdiction of a United States military tribunal over the trial of eight …

Following the declaration of war between the United States and Germany, eight German residents, Richard Quirin, Ernst Burger, George Dasch, Herbert Haupt, Heinrich Heinck, …

In time of war between the United States and Germany, petitioners, wearing German military uniforms and carrying explosives, fuses, and incendiary and time devices, were landed from …

Four enemies of war filed a habeas corpus to contest the right to a civil trial instead of a trial in front of a military tribunal. Synopsis of Rule of Law. The Court will not set aside acts ordered …

Ex Parte Quirin, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on July 31, 1942, unanimously ruled to allow the military, instead of civil courts, to try foreign nationals from enemy countries caught …

Case opinion for US Supreme Court EX PARTE QUIRIN. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw.

MLA citation style: Stone, Harlan Fiske, and Supreme Court Of The United States. U.S. Reports: Ex Parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1. 1942. Periodical. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, …

Late on a moonless night in June 1942, the metal hull of a German submarine scraped the sandy bottom of the Long Island coast.1 The captain, realizing he could proceed no farther, pivoted …

In Ex Parte Quirin, several individuals who were trained in Germany and landed on U.S. soil during World War II with the intent to sabotage U.S. war industries were captured by the FBI. …

During World War II, a group of German military personnel (the saboteurs) (defendants) attempted to sabotage the American government by secretly landing German submarines on …