Prize Cases | |
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Argued February 10, 1863 Decided March 10, 1863 | |
Full case name | The Brig Amy Warwick; The Schooner Crenshaw; The Barque Hiawatha; The Schooner Brilliante. |
Citations | 67 U.S. 635 (more) |
Holding | |
The President did have the authority to order a blockade and impound ships, even without a formal declaration of war. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Grier, joined by Wayne, Swayne, Miller, Davis |
Dissent | Nelson, joined by Taney, Catron, Clifford |
Laws applied | |
Article II of the United States Constitution, Admiralty law |
Prize Cases, 67 U.S. (2 Black) 635 (1863), was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1862 during the American Civil War. The Supreme Court's decision declared the blockade of the Southern ports ordered by President Abraham Lincoln constitutional.[1] The opinion in the case was written by Supreme Court Justice Robert Cooper Grier.