Subsequent history None End date 1807 | Dissent Johnson | |
Full case name Ex parte Erick Bollman and Ex parte Samuel Swartwout Citations 8 U.S. 75 (more)
8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 75; 2 L. Ed. 554; 1807 U.S. LEXIS 369 Prior history United States v. Bollman, 24 F. Cas. 1189 (C.C.D.C. 1807) (No. 14,622) Majority Marshall, joined by Cushing, Chase, Washington, Livingston Ruling court Supreme Court of the United States People also search for Cramer v. United States, Ex parte Yerger | ||
Ex parte Bollman, 8 U.S. (Cranch 4) 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.
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 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.
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