Supreme Court· 6/9/1947

Clark v. Allen

Citations

331 U.S. 503
67 S. Ct. 1431
91 L. Ed. 1633
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2157
170 A.L.R. 953

How courts have described this case

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entertaining an individual suit brought under the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Rights between the United States and Germany
upholding facially a statute similar to that subsequently struck as applied in Zschemig
upholding facially a statute similar to that subsequently struck as applied in Zschernig
Where there is a conflict between a treaty and a state statute, the treaty will control.
“President and Senate may denounce a treaty and thus terminate its life”
“The [ACC] has, indeed, assumed control of Germany’s foreign affairs and treaty obligations.”

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Judges: Douglas, Rutledge

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