United States v. Shipp

United States v. Shipp
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 4–5, 1906 Decided December 24, 1906
Full case name	United States v. John F. Shipp, et al.
Citations	203 U.S. 563 (more) 27 S. Ct. 165; 51 L. Ed. 319
Holding
6 found guilty of contempt of court (the Supreme Court).
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan · David J. Brewer Edward D. White · Rufus W. Peckham Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · William H. Moody
Case opinion
Majority	Holmes, joined by Fuller, Harlan, White, Brewer, Day, Peckham, McKenna
Moody took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

United States v. Shipp, 203 U.S. 563 (1906) (along with decisions at 214 U.S. 386 (1909), and 215 U.S. 580 (1909)), were rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States with regard to Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp and five others of Chattanooga, Tennessee, having "in effect aided and abetted" the lynching of Ed Johnson.^[1] They were held in contempt of court and sentenced to imprisonment. It remains the only Supreme Court criminal trial in history.