There seems to be no reason to doubt that the case comes within the provisions of the 25th section of the Judiciary Act. The defendant claimed the protection of "an authority exercised under the United States," and the decision was against the protection thus claimed; or, in other words, against the validity of that authority, as a protection to him in that action. Whether...
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