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· 3/18/1954

Yelvington v. Presidential Pardon & Parole Attorneys

Citations

  • 211 F.2d 642
  • 94 U.S. App. D.C. 2
  • 1954 U.S. App. LEXIS 2596

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that the pardon power is “expressly vest[ed] in the President,” and that “[i]t should . . . be free of judicial control”
  • affirming denial of mandamus petition to compel attorneys to submit inmate's petition for clemency to the President, noting that pardoning power “expressly vests in the President” which “should . . . be free of judicial control”
  • affirming denial of mandamus petition to compel attorneys to submit inmate's petition for clemency to the President, noting that pardoning power “expressly vests in the President” and “should . . . be free of judicial control”

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Judges: Edgerton, Prettyman, Washington

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