Head Money Cases

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
Case history
Prior	On writs of error from the Circuit Courts of the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Holding
Treaties do not hold a privileged position above other acts of Congress, and other laws affecting their "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 · Stanley Matthews Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford
Case opinion
Majority	Miller, joined unanimously
Laws applied
U.S. Const.

The Head Money Cases, 112 U.S. 580 (1884), also referred to as Edye v. Robertson, were a group of cases decided together by the United States Supreme Court.^[1]