Legal Opinion

De Veau v. Braisted

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 6, 1960No. 71PublishedCited by 461 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of

Mr. Justice Frankfurter, in which Mr. Justice Clark, Mr. Justice Whittaker and Mr. Justice Stewart join, and judgment of the Court, announced by Mr. Justice Brennan.

This is an action brought in the Supreme Court of Richmond County, New York, for a declaratory judgment regarding the constitutional validity of § 8 of the New York Waterfront Commission Act of 1953 (N. Y. Laws *1451953, cc. 882, 883; McK. Unconsol. Laws, § 6700aa et seq.), and for an injunction restraining its operation. The section is claimed to be in conflict with the Supremacy Clause of the United States…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. LovettSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Hawker v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. De Veau v. BraistedNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
  4. Hazelton v. MurraySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1956
  5. De Veau v. BraistedNew York Supreme Court · 1957

3Cited by461 opinions

  1. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Landgraf v. USI Film ProductsSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Flemming v. NestorSupreme Court of the United States · 1960

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