Ex parte ABDU et al., Petitioner (1918)

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Ex parte ABDU et al., Petitioner
Term: 1917
Important Dates
Argued: April 29, 1918
Decided: May 20, 1918
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke

Ex parte ABDU et al., Petitioner is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1918. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1918.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 247 U.S. 27
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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