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Ahrens v. Clark 335 U.S. 188 (1948) was a United States Supreme Court case that denied a federal district court jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus if the person detained is not within the territorial jurisdiction of the court when the petition is filed. The 6-3 ruling was handed down on June 21 1948 with the majority opinion written by Justice William O. Douglas and the dissent written by Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge.The decision was substantially overturned in Braden v.