The book ""Decision Of Chief Justice Taney In The Merryman Case Upon The Writ Of Habeas Corpus, And Habeas Corpus And Martial Law"" is a legal document written by Roger Brooke Taney in 1862. It contains the decision made by Chief Justice Taney in the case of John Merryman, a Maryland citizen who was arrested by the Union Army during the American Civil War. Merryman was accused of being involved in a plot to obstruct Union troop movements and was held...