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· 6/29/1863

The Oddfellow

Citations

  • 18 F. Cas. 573
  • 20 Leg. Int. 229
  • 1863 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that exceeding the judiciary's own authority results in an undue usurpation of legislative powers
  • holding that exceeding the judiciary's own authority results in an undue usurpation of legislative powers
  • holding that if common law duty is \clear and reasonably free from doubt\ then the court can coerce the performance of the duty through mandamus

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Judges: Betts

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