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In law, ex parte (/ ɛ k s ˈ p ɑːr t eɪ,-iː /) is a Latin term meaning literally "from/out of the party/faction [1] of" (name of party/faction, often omitted), thus signifying "on behalf of (name)". An ex parte decision is one decided by a judge without requiring all of the parties to the dispute to be present.
After Milligan's release from prison, he returned to his home and law practice in Huntington, Indiana. [36] In 1868 he filed a civil lawsuit in Huntington County, Indiana, seeking damages related to Ex parte Milligan. [37] Milligan's civil case was referred to the U.S. Circuit Court for Indiana at Indianapolis. Milligan v.
Ex parte Garland, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 333 (1866), is an important case involving the disbarment of former Confederate officials. The Supreme Court ruled that a statute prohibiting former Confederate government officials from serving in the US government was unconstitutional as being both a bill of attainder and an ex post facto law.
Ex parte Jackson (1877) was perhaps the first criminal Fourth Amendment case to reach the Supreme Court. [38] The Court held that a warrant was required to open mail. [38] In Ex parte Spies (1887), the Court held that a Fourth Amendment claim was waived because the facts establishing the legality of the search did not appear in the record. [110]
Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908), is a United States Supreme Court case that allows suits in federal courts for injunctions against officials acting on behalf of states of the union to proceed despite the State's sovereign immunity, when the State acted contrary to any federal law or contrary to the Constitution. [1]
Ex parte Grossman, 267 U.S. 87 (1925), was a US Supreme Court case that held that the US President may pardon criminal contempt of court. [1] [2] Grossman had been convicted of criminal contempt but was pardoned by the President. The district court subsequently sent him back to prison.
Ex parte McCardle, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 506 (1869), was a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court held that Congress has the authority to withdraw the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction to review decisions of lower courts at any time. [1] The entirety of the Court's appellate jurisdiction is determined by federal law. [2]
Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942), was a case of the United States Supreme Court that during World War II upheld the jurisdiction of a United States military tribunal over the trial of eight German saboteurs, in the United States. [1]