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Supreme Court· 5/21/1928

Willing v. Chicago Auditorium Assn.

Citations

  • 277 U.S. 274
  • 48 S. Ct. 507
  • 72 L. Ed. 880
  • 1928 U.S. LEXIS 882

How courts have described this case

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  • noting in an opinion by Justice Brandeis that a declaratory judgment lies beyond the judicial power under Article III
  • “The fact that the plaintiffs desires are thwarted by its own doubts, or by the fears of others, does not confer a cause of action. No defendant has wronged the plaintiff or has threatened to do so.”
  • overruled in part on other grounds by statute

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Judges: Béandeis, Stone

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