Sentence examples for under state authority from inspiring English sources

It was not until 1867, with two small exceptions,282 that legislation specifically empowered federal courts to inquire into the imprisonment of persons under state authority.283 Pursuant to this authorization, the Court then expanded the use of the writ into a major instrument to reform procedural criminal law in both federal and state jurisdictions.

In § 5210 (U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 3498) it is provided that a list of shareholders shall be kept, subject to inspection by the shareholders and creditors of the corporation and the officers authorized to assess taxes under state authority.

In either case the state has power to make the exaction, and its exercise by the city under state authority violates no provision of the Federal Constitution.

My understanding of the rule as to the use of evidence in a federal criminal trial obtained by state officers through a search and seizure conducted by them under state authority is this.

'It is also well settled that municipal ordinances adopted under state authority constitute state action and are within the prohibition of the amendment.' Lovell v. Griffin, 303 U.S. 444, 450, 58 S.Ct.

And consequently it is his duty not to take the prisoner, nor suffer him to be taken, before a state judge or court upon a habeas corpus issued under state authority.

In August 2009, Okpadio and her family were forcibly evicted from their home which was demolished under state authorities' orders.

The wrongs of which respondents complain are tortious invasions of alleged civil rights by persons acting under color of state authority.

When a state official, acting under color of state authority, invades, in the course of his duties, a private right secured by the Federal Constitution, that right is violated, even if the state officer not only exceeded his authority but disregarded special commands of the state law.

as the representative of the State before the Secretary of Transportation in any matter about which the Secretary is required to consult with or consider the views of a State authority under subpart II of this part.

When media outlets bolster this very propagandist use of the term, what they're really doing is enabling limitless state authority under the banner of "stopping the terrorists".