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Ahrens v. Clark, 335 U.S. 188 (1948)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Ahrens v. Clark, 335 U.S. 188 (1948)
Ahrens v. Clark No. 446 Argued March 29, 1948 Decided June 21, 1948 335 U.S. 188
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Syllabus
1. A federal district court is without jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus if the person detained is not within the territorial jurisdiction of the court when the petition is filed. Pp. 189-193.
2. The history of the statute (28 U.S.C. § 452) conferring power on the district courts, "within their respective jurisdictions," to grant writs of habeas corpus, indicates that conclusion. Pp. 191-193.
3. Considerations of policy which might warrant giving the district courts discretion in this matter are for Congress, not the courts. Pp. 192-193.
4. The jurisdictional requirement that the person for whose relief a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is intended must be within the territorial jurisdiction of the district court is one which Congress has imposed on the power of the district court to act, and it may not be waived by the parties. P. 193.
5. Ex parte Endo, 323 U.S. 283, distinguished. P. 193.
Affirmed.
The District Court dismissed petitioners’ applications for writs of habeas corpus to secure their release from detention under removal orders issued by the Attorney General under a Presidential Proclamation pursuant to the Alien Enemy Act. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed on appeal. This Court granted certiorari. 333 U.S. 826. Affirmed, p. 193.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Ahrens v. Clark, 335 U.S. 188 (1948) in 335 U.S. 188 335 U.S. 189. Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GAPQC6DICAHV1B2.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Ahrens v. Clark, 335 U.S. 188 (1948), in 335 U.S. 188, page 335 U.S. 189. Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GAPQC6DICAHV1B2.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Ahrens v. Clark, 335 U.S. 188 (1948). cited in 1948, 335 U.S. 188, pp.335 U.S. 189. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GAPQC6DICAHV1B2.
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