In the 1951 case of Frisbie v. Collins, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a criminal defendant's rights were not violated even if they were forcibly abducted and brought to trial in another jurisdiction. The petitioner, Michigan Warden Harold F. Frisbie, argued that respondent Fred E. Collins had been kidnapped from Chicago by Michigan law enforcement officers and taken back to Michigan for trial on murder charges without extradition proceedings taking place in Illinois first as required by federal law at the time (the Federal Kidnapping Act). However, Justice Sherman Minton delivered an unanimous opinion stating that due process was not violated because it does not concern how a state gets custody of a defendant but rather what happens after it has him in its control; hence any irregularities prior to his arrival do not deprive him of fair treatment during his subsequent prosecution.

In the case of Frisbie v. Collins, there was no dissenting opinion recorded by any justice. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a criminal defendant who has been forcibly abducted from another state to stand trial cannot use this as a defense to escape prosecution for his crimes. This ruling upheld the principle that while such forcible abduction is contrary to civilized standards, it does not violate due process under the Fourteenth Amendment or deprive courts of jurisdiction over defendants so brought before them.