Rufus Wheeler Peckham

“ The claim is made that neither the board of managers nor the governor of the home can, through their officers or by himself, violate the statute law of a state having jurisdiction, when the acts constituting the infringment are not necessary for the government and management of the home for the purpose for which it was incorporated, or authorized by any act of the United States. ”

“ Justice Harlan, in naming some of the exceptions to the general rule there laid down, that: 'When the petitioner is in custody by state authority for an act done or omitted to be done in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of an order, process, or decree of a court or judge thereof ”