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Supreme Court· 6/6/1960

De Veau v. Braisted

Citations

  • 363 U.S. 144
  • 80 S. Ct. 1146
  • 4 L. Ed. 2d 1109
  • 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1863
  • 46 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2304

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • upholding statute disqualifying ex-felons from waterfront union office even though their convictions were prior to the passage of the statute
  • upholding Waterfront Commission Act which provided that no person shall collect dues on behalf of a waterfront union if any officer or agent of the union had been convicted of a felony and not been pardoned or given a certificate of good standing
  • “The mark of an ex post facto law is the imposition of what can fairly be designated punishment for past acts”
  • forbidding work as a union official

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Judges: Frankfurter, Douglas, Clark, Whittaker, Stewart, Brennan, Harlan, Black

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