Legal Opinion
Puerto Rico v. Branstad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 23, 1987No. 85-2116PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
This case requires that we reconsider the holding of Kentucky v. Dennison, 24 How. 66 (1861), that federal courts *221have no power to order the Governor of a State to fulfill the State’s obligation under the Extradition Clause of the Constitution, Art. IV, § 2, to deliver up fugitives from justice.
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On January 25, 1981, respondent Ronald Calder, then a civilian air traffic controller employed by the Federal Aviation Administration in San Juan, Puerto Rico, struck two people with his automobile. One of the victims, Antonio de Jesus Gonzalez, was injured; his wife, Army Villalba, was killed.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by120 opinions
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