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Ex parte Bollman
Ex parte Bollman
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 20, 1807
Full case name	Ex parte Erick Bollman and Ex parte Samuel Swartwout
Citations	8 U.S. 75 (more) 4 Cranch 75; 2 L. Ed. 554; 1807 U.S. LEXIS 369
Case history
Prior	United States v. Bollman, 24 F. Cas. 1189 (C.C.D.C. 1807) (No. 14,622)
Subsequent	None
Holding
	The petitioners' alleged conspiracy did not rise to the level of treason as defined by the Constitution.
Court membership
	Chief Justice John Marshall Associate Justices William Cushing · Samuel Chase; Bushrod Washington · William Johnson; H. Brockholst Livingston
Case opinions
Majority	Marshall, joined by Cushing, Chase, Washington, Livingston
Dissent	Johnson
Laws applied
	U.S. Const. art. I, III, amends. IV, VI; Judiciary Act of 1789

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Ex parte Bollman, 8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 75 (1807), was a case brought before the United States Supreme Court. Bollman held that the constitutional definition of treason excluded mere conspiracy to levy war against the United States.^[1]

Erick Bollman and Samuel Swartwout were civilians who became implicated in the Burr-Wilkinson Plot. This plot supposedly consisted of Aaron Burr and James Wilkinson attempting to create an empire in the United States, ruled by Burr. In 1806, Wilkinson informed President Thomas Jefferson of the plot, ending whatever may have actually been planned. Bollman and Swartwout attempted to recruit others into the plot, but these individuals informed the military, which promptly arrested them.

The Supreme Court decided that "To constitute a levying of war, there must be an assemblage of persons for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose. Enlistments of men to serve against government is not sufficient."^[1]^: 132

References

^ ^a ^b Howell, Herbert A. (November 1917). "The Law of Treason". Virginia Law Review. 5 (2): 131–134. doi:10.2307/1064036. ISSN 0042-6601. JSTOR 1064036.

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[VirginiaLaw-1] Howell, Herbert A. (November 1917). "The Law of Treason". Virginia Law Review. 5 (2): 131–134. doi:10.2307/1064036. ISSN 0042-6601. JSTOR 1064036.

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   |LawsApplied=[[Article One of the United States Constitution|U.S. Const. art. I]], [[Article Three of the United States Constitution|III]], [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|amends. IV]], [[Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution|VI]]; [[Judiciary Act of 1789]]
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-'''''Ex parte Bollman''''', 8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 75 (1807), was a case brought before the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]]. ''Bollman'' held that the constitutional definition of treason excluded mere conspiracy to levy war against the United States.
+'''''Ex parte Bollman''''', 8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 75 (1807), was a case brought before the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]]. ''Bollman'' held that the constitutional definition of treason excluded mere conspiracy to levy war against the United States.<ref name="VirginiaLaw">{{cite journal |last1=Howell |first1=Herbert A. |title=The Law of Treason |journal=Virginia Law Review |date=November 1917 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=131–134 |doi=10.2307/1064036 |jstor=1064036 |issn=0042-6601}}</ref>
-Erick Bollman and [[Samuel Swartwout]] were civilians who became implicated in the [[Burr conspiracy|Burr-Wilkinson Plot]]. This plot supposedly consisted of [[Aaron Burr]] and [[James Wilkinson]] attempting to create an empire in the United States, ruled by Burr. In 1806, Wilkinson informed [[Thomas Jefferson]] of the plot, ending whatever may have actually been planned. Bollman and Swartwout attempted to recruit others into the plot, but these individuals informed the military, which promptly arrested them.
+Erick Bollman and [[Samuel Swartwout]] were civilians who became implicated in the [[Burr conspiracy|Burr-Wilkinson Plot]]. This plot supposedly consisted of [[Aaron Burr]] and [[James Wilkinson]] attempting to create an empire in the United States, ruled by Burr. In 1806, Wilkinson informed President [[Thomas Jefferson]] of the plot, ending whatever may have actually been planned. Bollman and Swartwout attempted to recruit others into the plot, but these individuals informed the military, which promptly arrested them.
-The Supreme Court decided that "To constitute a levying of war, there must be an assemblage of persons for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose. Enlistments of men to serve against government is not sufficient."
+The Supreme Court decided that "To constitute a levying of war, there must be an assemblage of persons for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose. Enlistments of men to serve against government is not sufficient."{{R|VirginiaLaw|p=132}}
 ==See also==
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 ==References==
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-*Eric M. Freedman, ''Milestones in Habeas Corpus: Part I: Just Because John Marshall Said It, Doesn't Make It So'': Ex Parte Bollman ''and the Illusory Prohibition on the Federal Writ of Habeas Corpus for State Prisoners in the Judiciary Act of 1789'', 51 {{smallcaps|Ala. L. Rev.}} 531 (2000).
-*[[Jean Edward Smith]], ''John Marshall: Definer Of A Nation''. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1996.
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