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PUERTO RICO v. BRANSTAD

No. 85-2116.

483 U.S. 219 (1987)

PUERTO RICO v. BRANSTAD, GOVERNOR OF IOWA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 23, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lino J. Saldana argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Solicitor General, and Susan Estrich and Kathleen M. Sullivan.

Brent R. Appel argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of Iowa, Roxann Ryan and Pamela Greenman Dahl, Assistant Attorneys General, and William L. Kutmus.

JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case requires that we reconsider the holding of Kentucky v. Dennison, 24 How. 66 (1861), that federal courts have no power to order the Governor of a State to fulfill the State's obligation under the Extradition Clause of the Constitution, Art. IV, § 2, to deliver up fugitives from justice.

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On January 25, 1981, respondent Ronald...

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