case of actual controversy

  • 1case of actual controversy — The phrase in Federal Declaratory Judgment Act connotes controversy of justiciable nature, excluding advisory decree on hypothetical facts. John P. Agnew & Co., Inc. v. Hoage, 69 App.D.C. 116, 99 F.2d 349, 351. See cases and controversies …

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  • 2case of actual controversy — The phrase in Federal Declaratory Judgment Act connotes controversy of justiciable nature, excluding advisory decree on hypothetical facts. John P. Agnew & Co., Inc. v. Hoage, 69 App.D.C. 116, 99 F.2d 349, 351. See cases and controversies …

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  • 3actual controversy — Declaratory judgment may be rendered only in cases of actual controversy defined as concrete cases touching legal relations of parties having adverse legal interests and susceptible of an immediate and definitive determination of the legal rights …

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  • 4actual controversy — Declaratory judgment may be rendered only in cases of actual controversy defined as concrete cases touching legal relations of parties having adverse legal interests and susceptible of an immediate and definitive determination of the legal rights …

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  • 5controversy — con·tro·ver·sy / kän trə ˌvər sēBrit alsokən trä vər sē/ n pl sies 1: a state of dispute or disagreement suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars U.S. Constitution amend. VII 2: a civil action involving a… …

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  • 6Case or Controversy clause — The Case or Controversy Clause of Article III of the United States Constitution (found in Art. III, Section 2, Clause 1) has been deemed to impose a requirement that United States federal courts are not permitted to hear cases that do not pose an …

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  • 7Controversy — Disagree redirects here. For the Malaysian band, see Disagree (band). For other uses, see Controversy (disambiguation). Auseinandersetzung (Controversy), by Karl Henning Seemann Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate,… …

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  • 8Controversy (law) — In jurisprudence, a controversy differs from a case; while the latter includes all suits, criminal as well as civil, a controversy is a purely civil proceeding. For example, the Case or Controversy Clause of Article Three of the United States… …

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  • 9controversy — A litigated question; adversary proceeding in a court of law; a civil action or suit, either at law or in equity; a justiciable dispute. To be a controversy under federal constitutional provision limiting exercise of judicial power of United… …

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  • 10controversy — A litigated question; adversary proceeding in a court of law; a civil action or suit, either at law or in equity; a justiciable dispute. To be a controversy under federal constitutional provision limiting exercise of judicial power of United… …

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