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Ex parte TEXAS et al. (1942)

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Ex parte TEXAS et al.
Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1941
Decided: January 12, 1942
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
James Byrnes • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy

Ex parte TEXAS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1942. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1941.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Texas State Appellate Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
  • Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Petitioner state: Texas
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 315 U.S. 8
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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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