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Supreme Court· 3/5/1934

Miguel v. McCarl

Citations

  • 291 U.S. 442
  • 54 S. Ct. 465
  • 78 L. Ed. 901
  • 1934 U.S. LEXIS 514

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming mandamus relief to compel federal officers to pay money of Treasury where duty to do so is clear and ministerial
  • “Mandamus is ... not [employed] to direct the exercise of judgment or discretion in a particular way nor to direct the retraction or reversal of action already taken in the exercise of ei ther.”

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Judges: Sutherland

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