The Prize Cases, 67 U.S. (2 Black) 635 (1863), were a group of four United States Supreme Court cases that upheld President Abraham Lincoln's authority to blockade Southern ports during the American Civil War. The opinion in the case was written by Supreme Court Justice Robert Cooper Grier.
The Prize Cases, 67 U.S. (2 Black) 635 (1863), were a group of four United States Supreme Court cases that upheld President Abraham Lincoln's authority to blockade Southern ports during the American Civil War. The opinion in the case was written by Supreme Court Justice Robert Cooper Grier.
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