Steel Co. v. Citizens for Better Env't
523 U.S. 83 (1998) Cited 10,719 times 15 Legal AnalysesHolding that a court "act ultra vires" when it assumes "hypothetical jurisdiction" in order to rule on the merits
Telecommunications Research Action v. F.C.C
750 F.2d 70 (D.C. Cir. 1984) Cited 922 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that a district court did not have jurisdiction to review a rule or issue a writ of mandamus because of a special review statute that assigned judicial review to the courts of appeals
M.C. L.M. Railway Co. v. Swan
111 U.S. 379 (1884) Cited 1,304 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding certain plaintiffs did not have standing to attack ordinance governing sexually oriented businesses where the record did not reveal that any one of these plaintiffs was subject to the ordinance, even though the city attorney conceded at oral argument before the Supreme Court that "one or two" of them had had their licenses denied under the ordinance
In re Guantanamo Detainee Cases
344 F. Supp. 2d 174 (D.D.C. 2004) Cited 22 timesPermitting review of sensitive evidence through issuance of a protective order
Section 2241 - Power to grant writ
28 U.S.C. § 2241 Cited 80,356 times 55 Legal AnalysesGranting courts authority to determine whether detention is "in violation of the . . . laws . . . of the United States"