Ann Woolhandler and Michael G. Collins (University of Virginia - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law) have posted The Story of Tarble's Case: State Habeas and Federal Detention (FEDERAL COURTS STORIES, Vicki C. Jackson & Judith Resnik eds., Thomson/West, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This essay addresses the background to and significance of Tarble’s Case (1872), in which the Supreme Court concluded that state courts lack the power to issue habeas corpus to challenge the lawfulness of detention by federal officials.
