Head Money Cases

Head Money Cases

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=The Head Money Cases
ArgueDateA=November 19
ArgueDateB=20
ArgueYear=1884
DecideDate=December 8
DecideYear=1884
FullName=Edye and Another v. Robertson, Collector; Cunard Steamship Company v. Robertson; Same v. Same
USVol=112
USPage=580
Citation=5 S. Ct. 247; 28 L. Ed. 798; 1884 U.S. LEXIS 1909; 3 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 2473
Prior=On writs of error from the Circuit Courts of the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Subsequent=
Holding=The Court established the precedent that treaties, which are described in the United States Constitution as "the supreme law of the land," nonetheless do not hold a privileged position above other acts of Congress, and other laws affecting "its enforcement, modification, or repeal" are legitimate.
SCOTUS=1882-1887
Majority=Miller
JoinMajority="unanimous"
LawsApplied=U.S. Const.The "Head Money Cases", 112 U.S. 580 (1884)ref|citation, were the subject of an important United States Supreme Court decision. They were decided on December 8, 1884.

The case established the precedent that treaties, which are described in the United States Constitution as "the supreme law of the land," nonetheless do not hold a privileged position above other acts of Congress, and other laws affecting "its enforcement, modification, or repeal" are legitimate.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 112

External links

* [http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0112_0580_ZO.html Text of the decision] from Cornell University


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