Ex parte Yerger

Ex parte Yerger
Ex parte Yerger
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 15, 1869; Decided October 25, 1869
Full case name	Ex parte Edward M. Yerger
Citations	75 U.S. 85 (more) 8 Wall. 85; 19 L. Ed. 332; 1868 U.S. LEXIS 1085
Case history
Prior	Original
Court membership
	Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase Associate Justices Samuel Nelson · Robert C. Grier; Nathan Clifford · Noah H. Swayne; Samuel F. Miller · David Davis; Stephen J. Field
Case opinion
Majority	Chase, joined by unanimous

Ex parte Yerger, 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 85 (1869), was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the court held that, under the Judiciary Act of 1789, it is authorized to issue writs of habeas corpus.

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