Clinton v. Goldsmith

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that this Court did not have jurisdiction to en- join the administrative separation of a servicemember
• holding that an injunction under the All Writs Act is an extraordinary remedy that “invests a court with a power that is essentially equitable and, as such, not generally available to provide alternatives to other, adequate remedies at law”
• holding that a lower court’s injunction was neither “‘in aid of’ its … jurisdiction … nor ‘necessary or appropriate’” under the All Writs Act because there were “alternative remedies availa‐ ble”
• recognizing that this Court’s “independent statutory jurisdiction is narrowly circumscribed” by statute
• noting that “Goldsmith’s court-martial sentence has not been changed; another military agency has simply taken independent action”
• noting that “Goldsmith’s court-martial sentence has not been changed; another military agency has simply taken independent action”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).