United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey

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United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the limits of state power to impair public contracts under the Constitution’s Contract Clause.

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instanceOf Contract Clause case ⓘ
U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
constitutional law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
contracts ⓘ
state and local government law ⓘ
arguedDate 1976-11-03 ⓘ
1976-11-04 ⓘ
citation 431 U.S. 1 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
Contract Clause ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1977-04-27 ⓘ
decisionType major Contract Clause decision ⓘ
doctrine heightened scrutiny for state impairment of public contracts ⓘ
fullName United States Trust Company of New York v. New Jersey ⓘ
holding A state may not retroactively repeal or impair its own contractual obligations to bondholders without satisfying heightened Contract Clause scrutiny ⓘ
State impairments of public contracts must be reasonable and necessary to serve an important public purpose ⓘ
impact strengthened judicial protection of contractual rights against state impairment ⓘ
issue Whether New Jersey and New York could retroactively repeal a statutory covenant protecting bondholders for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalSubject limits on state police power under the Contract Clause ⓘ
public finance and bond covenants ⓘ
state power to impair public contracts ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Justice Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
linked to: Harry A. Blackmun
overturnedLowerCourt New Jersey Supreme Court decision upholding the repeal of the covenant ⓘ
page 1 ⓘ
petitioner United States Trust Company of New York ⓘ
precedentFor analysis of when state modification of its own contracts violates the Contract Clause ⓘ
limits on retroactive alteration of public bond covenants ⓘ
relatedCase Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus ⓘ
Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell ⓘ
relatedEntity Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
respondent State of New Jersey ⓘ
State of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York State
subjectCategory United States Supreme Court cases in 1977 ⓘ
United States Supreme Court cases on the Contract Clause ⓘ
subjectMatter state statutory covenant protecting bondholders from use of revenues for mass transit projects ⓘ
timePeriod Burger Court ⓘ
volume 431 ⓘ
vote 4-3 ⓘ
year 1977 ⓘ

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United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey → fullName → United States Trust Company of New York v. New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey
Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution → majorCase → United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey ⓘ