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· 12/31/1974

Claude Cartier v. Secretary of State

Citations

  • 506 F.2d 191
  • 165 U.S. App. D.C. 130

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • observing that “the doctrine of administrative res judicata ... has not evolved into a rigid system that is to be blindly applied in every context”
  • noting that the “exercise of the power of mandamus is a matter committed to the sound discretion of the [trial] court”
  • observing that “the doctrine of administrative res judicata . . . has not evolved into a rigid system that is to be blindly applied in every context”
  • “In the instant case the alternative of a judicial declaration of nationality under 8 U.S.C. § 1503 is more than adequate to provide appellee all the relief he has sought by mandamus.”

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Judges: McGowan, MacKinnon, Christensen, Utah

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