Ex parte McCardle

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Reconstruction-era case United States Supreme Court case federal courts case

Ex parte McCardle is an 1869 U.S. Supreme Court case best known for affirming Congress’s power to limit the Court’s appellate jurisdiction under Article III of the Constitution.

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Label	Occurrences
Ex parte McCardle canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Reconstruction-era case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ federal courts case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ federal jurisdiction ⓘ habeas corpus ⓘ
ChiefJusticeAtTime	Salmon P. Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ
citation	74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 506 ⓘ
congressionalAction	Congress repealed the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction under the 1867 Habeas Corpus Act while the case was pending ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInvolved	Article III of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Exceptions Clause of Article III NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decisionDate	1869 ⓘ
decisionYear	1869 ⓘ
fullCaseName	Ex parte William H. McCardle NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentBranchInvolved	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ executive branch through military authorities ⓘ federal judiciary ⓘ
hasCourt	Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	Reconstruction following the American Civil War ⓘ conflict between Congress and President Andrew Johnson over Reconstruction policy ⓘ
holding	Congress may withdraw the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction over a class of cases, even while a case is pending, under the Exceptions Clause of Article III ⓘ The Supreme Court lacked jurisdiction to proceed after Congress repealed the statute granting appellate jurisdiction in the case NERFINISHED ⓘ
impact	frequently cited in debates over congressional control of federal court jurisdiction ⓘ
jurisdictionType	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
knownFor	affirming broad congressional power to limit the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction ⓘ illustrating the Exceptions Clause as a tool of jurisdiction stripping ⓘ
legalIssue	Congressional power to make exceptions to the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction ⓘ scope of federal habeas corpus jurisdiction ⓘ
locationOfLowerCourt	Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Salmon P. Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ
petitioner	William H. McCardle NERFINISHED ⓘ
petitionerAllegation	unlawful military detention during Reconstruction ⓘ
petitionerOccupation	newspaper editor ⓘ
proceduralPosture	appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ⓘ
relatedCase	Ex parte Yerger NERFINISHED ⓘ Marbury v. Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ United States v. Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction ⓘ
statuteInvolved	Habeas Corpus Act of 1867 NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	detention by military authorities without civil trial ⓘ military rule in the post–Civil War South ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
topic	federal courts jurisdiction ⓘ judicial review ⓘ jurisdiction stripping ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
vote	unanimous decision ⓘ

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Article III of the United States Constitution → interpretedIn → Ex parte McCardle ⓘ