Head Money Cases

The Head Money Cases
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 19–20, 1884 Decided December 8, 1884
Full case name	Edye and Another v. Robertson, Collector; Cunard Steamship Company v. Robertson; Same v. Same
Citations	112 U.S. 580 (more) 5 S. Ct. 247; 28 L. Ed. 798; 1884 U.S. LEXIS 1909; 3 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 2473
Prior history	On writs of error from the Circuit Courts of the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Holding
The Court established the precedent that treaties do not hold a privileged position above other acts of Congress, and other laws affecting "its enforcement, modification, or repeal" are legitimate.
Court membership
Chief Justice Morrison Waite Associate Justices Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field Joseph P. Bradley · John M. Harlan William B. Woods · T. Stanley Matthews Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford
Case opinions
Majority	Miller, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const.

The Head Money Cases, 112 U.S. 580 (1884), were the subject of an important United States Supreme Court decision. They were decided on December 8, 1884.

The case established the precedent that treaties, which are described in the United States Constitution as "the supreme law of the land," nonetheless do not hold a privileged position above other acts of Congress, and other laws affecting "its enforcement, modification, or repeal" are legitimate.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 112

External links

Works related to Head Money Cases at Wikisource

• ^ Text of the decision from Cornell University