Which Civil War-era case held that military tribunals could not try civilians where civilian courts were open?
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Correct answer: Ex parte Milligan (1866)
Ex parte Milligan held that civilians could not be tried by military commissions when civilian courts were operating. The decision placed an important constitutional limit on emergency military authority.
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