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Ex parte COGDELL et al. (1951)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ex parte COGDELL et al.
Term: 1951
Important Dates
Decided: December 11, 1951
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
William Douglas

ex parte COGDELL et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1951.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the District of Columbia State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 342 U.S. 163
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 liberal.

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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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