Legal Opinion

Alejandrino v. Quezon

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 7, 1926No. 309PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft

prepared the opinion of the Court.

This cause was brought here by certiorari under § 5 of the Act of September 6, 1916, to amend the Judicial Code, c. 448, 39 Stat. 726. That Act repealed § 248 of the Judicial Code, re-enacted by § 27 of the so-called Philippine Autonomy Act, c. 416, 39 Stat. 545, 555, which gave jurisdiction to this Court to examine by writ of error the final judgments and decrees of the Supreme Court of the Islands in all cases in which the Constitution or any statute, treaty, title or privilege of the United States, was involved, or in cases in which the value in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Brownlow v. SchwartzSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. Compañia General de Tabacos de FilipinasSupreme Court of the United States · 1919

3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  3. Local No. 8-6, Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  5. Corzelius v. HarrellTexas Supreme Court · 1945

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