In re Neagle

In re Neagle
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 4–5, 1890 Decided April 14, 1890
Full case name	In re David Neagle
Citations	135 U.S. 1 (more) 10 S. Ct. 658; 34 L. Ed. 55; 1890 U.S. LEXIS 2006
Case history
Prior	Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California
Holding
Section 3 of Art. II of the U.S. Constitution requires that the Executive Branch "take care that the laws be faithfully executed." The court determined that the appointment of bodyguards to Supreme Court Justices ensured the faithful execution of the law of the United States. The court also relied on a statute granting marshals "the same powers, in executing the laws of the United States, as sheriffs and their deputies in such State may have, by law, in executing the laws thereof."
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field Joseph P. Bradley · John M. Harlan Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford Lucius Q. C. Lamar II · David J. Brewer
Case opinions
Majority	Miller, joined by Bradley, Harlan, Gray, Blatchford, Brewer
Dissent	Lamar, joined by Fuller
Field took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Art. III, Sec. 788 of the Revised Statutes of the United States

In re Neagle, 135 U.S. 1 (1890), is a United States Supreme Court decision holding that federal officers are immune from State prosecution when acting within the scope of their federal authority.