Zschernig v. Miller

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U.S. Supreme Court case landmark foreign affairs case

Zschernig v. Miller is a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state involvement in foreign affairs by striking down an Oregon law affecting inheritance rights of foreign nationals as an intrusion into the federal government's exclusive foreign relations power.

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Label	Occurrences
Zschernig et al. v. Miller, Administrator	1
Zschernig v. Miller canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark foreign affairs case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ federal courts ⓘ international law ⓘ
citation	19 L. Ed. 2d 683 ⓘ 389 U.S. 429 ⓘ 88 S. Ct. 664 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Earl Warren ⓘ surface form: Chief Justice Earl Warren Abe Fortas ⓘ surface form: Justice Abe Fortas Byron R. White ⓘ surface form: Justice Byron White Hugo L. Black ⓘ surface form: Justice Hugo L. Black John M. Harlan II ⓘ surface form: Justice John Marshall Harlan II Potter Stewart ⓘ surface form: Justice Potter Stewart Thurgood Marshall ⓘ surface form: Justice Thurgood Marshall William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ surface form: Justice William J. Brennan Jr.
constitutionalProvision	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article I of the U.S. Constitution Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article II of the U.S. Constitution Supremacy Clause ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1968-01-15 ⓘ
effect	established that state laws cannot have more than incidental or indirect effect on foreign relations ⓘ restricted state involvement in foreign affairs ⓘ
factPattern	Oregon law conditioned inheritance by nonresident aliens on reciprocity and proof of rights in their home country ⓘ
fullName	Zschernig v. Miller self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Zschernig et al. v. Miller, Administrator
holding	Oregon probate statute was unconstitutional as an intrusion into the federal government’s exclusive foreign relations power ⓘ state law was invalid under the Foreign Affairs power even without a conflicting federal statute or treaty ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
keyDoctrine	dormant foreign affairs preemption ⓘ limits on state regulation with more than incidental effect on foreign relations ⓘ
legalIssue	constitutionality of state law affecting foreign nationals’ inheritance ⓘ scope of federal government’s exclusive power over foreign relations ⓘ
legalSubject	conflict of laws ⓘ federal preemption ⓘ foreign affairs power ⓘ inheritance rights ⓘ
lowerCourt	Oregon Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Oregon
lowerCourtDisposition	judgment of the Supreme Court of Oregon reversed ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	William O. Douglas ⓘ surface form: Justice William O. Douglas
parties	foreign heirs who were residents of East Germany ⓘ
relatedCase	American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi ⓘ surface form: American Insurance Association v. Garamendi Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council ⓘ
stateLawChallenged	Oregon ⓘ
statuteInvolved	Oregon Revised Statutes ⓘ surface form: Oregon Revised Statutes § 111.070 (1963) (formerly § 111.070, Oregon Laws)
subjectMatter	escheat of property to the state when foreign heirs could not meet statutory conditions ⓘ
subsequentCitation	frequently cited in cases limiting state action in foreign affairs ⓘ
term	1967 Term ⓘ
vote	9-0 ⓘ

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