Legal Opinion

The Pocket Veto Case

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 27, 1929No. 565PublishedCited by 220 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford

delivered the opinion of the Court..

This case presents the question whether, under the second clause in Section 7 of Article I of the Constitution of the .United States, a bill which is* passed by both Houses' of Congress during the first regular sessio'n of a particular Congress and presented to the President less than ten days (Sundays excepted) before the adjournment of that session, but is neithér signed by the President nor returned by him to the House in which it originated, becomes a law in like manner as if he had signed it.

At the first session of the 69th Congress Senate Bill No.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Martin v. Hunter's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1816
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  3. La Abra Silver Mining Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  4. People ex rel. Harless v. HatchIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
  5. Tennessee v. WhitworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

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