Puerto Rico v. Branstad
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Puerto Rico v. Branstad is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held federal courts can compel state governors to comply with interstate extradition requests under the Constitution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Puerto Rico v. Branstad canonical | 4 |
| its limitation on federal power to compel extradition was overturned in Puerto Rico v. Branstad | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2362326 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Puerto Rico v. Branstad Context triple: [Extradition Clause, interpretedInCase, Puerto Rico v. Branstad]
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Puerto Rico v. Branstad Target entity description: Puerto Rico v. Branstad is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held federal courts can compel state governors to comply with interstate extradition requests under the Constitution.
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A.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
-
B.
DeBoer v. Snyder
DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
-
C.
Crawford v. Washington
Crawford v. Washington is a landmark 2004 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reshaped Confrontation Clause jurisprudence by holding that testimonial hearsay is inadmissible against a criminal defendant unless the witness is unavailable and there was a prior opportunity for cross-examination.
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D.
Maryland v. Wirtz
Maryland v. Wirtz was a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the extension of federal minimum wage and overtime provisions to employees of state-operated schools and hospitals under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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E.
California v. Texas
California v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act after Congress reduced the individual mandate penalty to zero.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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extradition case ⓘ federal courts case ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases
ⓘ
United States constitutional case law ⓘ United States criminal procedure case law ⓘ United States federalism case law ⓘ |
| citation | 483 U.S. 219 ⓘ |
| clarified |
enforceability of the Extradition Clause
ⓘ
power of federal courts to issue mandamus against state officials ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
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surface form:
Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution
Extradition Clause ⓘ
surface form:
Extradition Clause of the United States Constitution
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1987-06-23 ⓘ |
| decisionType | unanimous decision ⓘ |
| effect |
Eliminated governor discretion to refuse otherwise valid extradition requests
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Made extradition obligations judicially enforceable in federal court ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | Puerto Rico v. Branstad self-link ⓘ |
| holding |
Federal courts can compel state governors to comply with interstate extradition requests
ⓘ
Federal courts have authority to enforce the Extradition Clause against state governors ⓘ |
| involvesParty |
Puerto Rico
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Iowa ⓘ
surface form:
State of Iowa
Tom Vilsack ⓘ
surface form:
Terry E. Branstad
|
| issue | Whether federal courts can order a state governor to comply with an extradition request ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Extradition Clause
ⓘ
extradition ⓘ federal jurisdiction ⓘ federalism ⓘ |
| opinionOfTheCourtBy | Thurgood Marshall ⓘ |
| overruled | Kentucky v. Dennison ⓘ |
| overruledHoldingOf | Kentucky v. Dennison ⓘ |
| petitioner |
Puerto Rico
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
|
| precedentFor |
cases involving enforcement of interstate extradition
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cases on federal court power over state executives ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Kentucky v. Dennison
ⓘ
Michigan v. Doran ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine |
mandamus
ⓘ
supremacy of federal law over state officials ⓘ |
| respondent |
Governor of Iowa
ⓘ
Tom Vilsack ⓘ
surface form:
Terry E. Branstad
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| result | Reversed lower court decision that denied enforcement of extradition ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
interstate extradition
ⓘ
relationship between federal and state authority ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1987 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Puerto Rico v. Branstad Description of subject: Puerto Rico v. Branstad is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held federal courts can compel state governors to comply with interstate extradition requests under the Constitution.
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
its limitation on federal power to compel extradition was overturned in Puerto Rico v. Branstad