Puerto Rico v. Branstad

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Puerto Rico v. Branstad is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held federal courts can compel state governors to comply with interstate extradition requests under the Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
extradition case ⓘ
federal courts case ⓘ
category United States Supreme Court cases ⓘ
United States constitutional case law ⓘ
United States criminal procedure case law ⓘ
United States federalism case law ⓘ
citation 483 U.S. 219 ⓘ
clarified enforceability of the Extradition Clause ⓘ
power of federal courts to issue mandamus against state officials ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Extradition Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Extradition Clause
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1987-06-23 ⓘ
decisionType unanimous decision ⓘ
effect Eliminated governor discretion to refuse otherwise valid extradition requests ⓘ
Made extradition obligations judicially enforceable in federal court ⓘ
fullCaseName Puerto Rico v. Branstad ⓘ
holding Federal courts can compel state governors to comply with interstate extradition requests ⓘ
Federal courts have authority to enforce the Extradition Clause against state governors ⓘ
involvesParty Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ⓘ
linked to: Puerto Rico

State of Iowa ⓘ
linked to: Iowa

Terry E. Branstad ⓘ
linked to: Tom Vilsack
issue Whether federal courts can order a state governor to comply with an extradition request ⓘ
jurisdiction federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSubject Extradition Clause ⓘ
extradition ⓘ
federal jurisdiction ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
opinionOfTheCourtBy Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
overruled Kentucky v. Dennison ⓘ
overruledHoldingOf Kentucky v. Dennison ⓘ
petitioner Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ⓘ
linked to: Puerto Rico
precedentFor cases involving enforcement of interstate extradition ⓘ
cases on federal court power over state executives ⓘ
relatedCase Kentucky v. Dennison ⓘ
Michigan v. Doran ⓘ
relatedDoctrine mandamus ⓘ
supremacy of federal law over state officials ⓘ
respondent Governor of Iowa ⓘ
Terry E. Branstad ⓘ
linked to: Tom Vilsack
result Reversed lower court decision that denied enforcement of extradition ⓘ
subjectMatter interstate extradition ⓘ
relationship between federal and state authority ⓘ
yearDecided 1987 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Extradition Clause → interpretedInCase → Puerto Rico v. Branstad ⓘ
Kentucky v. Dennison → overruledBy → Puerto Rico v. Branstad ⓘ
Kentucky v. Dennison → subsequentHistory → its limitation on federal power to compel extradition was overturned in Puerto Rico v. Branstad ⓘ
linked to: Puerto Rico v. Branstad
Kentucky v. Dennison → relatedCase → Puerto Rico v. Branstad ⓘ
Puerto Rico v. Branstad → fullCaseName → Puerto Rico v. Branstad ⓘ
Michigan v. Doran → relatedTo → Puerto Rico v. Branstad ⓘ