Ex parte McCardle
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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.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ex parte McCardle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4289033 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ex parte McCardle Context triple: [Article III of the United States Constitution, interpretedIn, Ex parte McCardle]
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Learned Hand
Learned Hand was a highly influential American federal judge renowned for his incisive opinions on constitutional and tax law and his lasting impact on U.S. jurisprudence.
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The Prize Cases
The Prize Cases were a landmark 1863 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld President Abraham Lincoln’s authority to blockade Confederate ports without a formal declaration of war, expanding the scope of executive war powers.
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Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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Ableman v. Booth
Ableman v. Booth was an 1859 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed federal supremacy over state courts in enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act before the Civil War.
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E.
Ex parte Young
Ex parte Young is a landmark 1908 U.S. Supreme Court decision that created a legal fiction allowing suits in federal court against state officials to stop ongoing violations of federal law, despite state sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ex parte McCardle Target entity description: 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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A.
Learned Hand
Learned Hand was a highly influential American federal judge renowned for his incisive opinions on constitutional and tax law and his lasting impact on U.S. jurisprudence.
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B.
The Prize Cases
The Prize Cases were a landmark 1863 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld President Abraham Lincoln’s authority to blockade Confederate ports without a formal declaration of war, expanding the scope of executive war powers.
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C.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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D.
Ableman v. Booth
Ableman v. Booth was an 1859 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed federal supremacy over state courts in enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act before the Civil War.
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E.
Ex parte Young
Ex parte Young is a landmark 1908 U.S. Supreme Court decision that created a legal fiction allowing suits in federal court against state officials to stop ongoing violations of federal law, despite state sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Reconstruction-era case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ federal courts case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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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
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Exceptions Clause of Article III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decisionDate | 1869 ⓘ |
| decisionYear | 1869 ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | Ex parte William H. McCardle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentBranchInvolved |
United States Congress
NERFINISHED
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executive branch through military authorities ⓘ federal judiciary ⓘ |
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Reconstruction following the American Civil War
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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
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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
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illustrating the Exceptions Clause as a tool of jurisdiction stripping ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Congressional power to make exceptions to the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction
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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
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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
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military rule in the post–Civil War South ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| topic |
federal courts jurisdiction
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judicial review ⓘ jurisdiction stripping ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ |
| vote | unanimous decision ⓘ |
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Subject: Ex parte McCardle Description of subject: 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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