Cook v. Hart

Cook v. Hart
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 21, 1892
Full case name	Cook v. Hart
Citations	146 U.S. 183 (more)
Holding
The Extradition Clause allows a state to kidnap a fugitive residing in another state and forcibly return them to a state for a valid trial.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices Stephen J. Field · John M. Harlan Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford Lucius Q. C. Lamar II · David J. Brewer Henry B. Brown · George Shiras Jr.
Case opinion
Majority	Brown, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Extradition Clause

Cook v. Hart, 146 U.S. 183 (1892), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Extradition Clause allows a state to kidnap a fugitive residing in another state and forcibly return them to a state for a valid trial.^[1][2]