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| Puerto Rico v. Branstad | |
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| Argued March 30, 1987 Decided June 23, 1987 | |
| Full case name | Puerto Rico v. Terry Branstad, Governor of Iowa, et al. |
| Citations | 483 U.S. 219 (more) 107 S. Ct. 2802; 97 L. Ed. 2d 187; 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2873; 55 U.S.L.W. 4975 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Dismissed, S.D. Iowa; affirmed, 787 F.2d 423 (8th Cir. 1986); cert. granted, 479 U.S. 811 (1986). |
| Holding | |
| Federal courts have the power to enforce extraditions under the Extradition Clause. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Marshall, joined by Rehnquist, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Stevens; Powell, O'Connor (parts I, II-A, II-C, III); Scalia (in part) |
| Concurrence | O'Connor (in part), joined by Powell |
| Concurrence | Scalia (in part) |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. art. IV § 2 Extradition Act 18 U.S.C. § 3182 | |
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings | |
| Kentucky v. Dennison (1861) | |
Puerto Rico v. Branstad, 483 U.S. 219 (1987), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that ruled unanimously that federal courts have the power to enforce extraditions based on the Extradition Clause of Article Four of the United States Constitution.[1] The decision overruled a 1861 decision in Kentucky v. Dennison,[2] which had made federal courts powerless to order governors of other U.S. states to fulfill their obligations in the Extradition Clause.
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