· 4/14/1930
Wilbur v. United States Ex Rel. Kadrie
Citations
- 281 U.S. 206
- 50 S. Ct. 320
- 74 L. Ed. 809
- 1930 U.S. LEXIS 376
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that mandamus may not “direct the exercise of judgment or discretion in a particular way”
- naming the Secretary of the Interior as the respondent in a mandamus action directing the consideration of discretion from that agency
- naming the Secretary of the Interior as the respondent in a mandamus action directing the consideration of discretion from that agency
- defining ministerial duties as those statutory duties “so plainly prescribed as to be free from doubt and equivalent to a positive command”
- defining ministerial duties as those statutory duties “so plainly prescribed as to be free from doubt and equivalent to a positive command”
- agency position on whether certain children were entitled to interest payments from a statutorily created fund
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Judges: Van Devanter
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