Trop v. Dulles

E266465

Eighth Amendment case United States Supreme Court case

Trop v. Dulles is a 1958 U.S. Supreme Court case that redefined the scope of the Eighth Amendment by holding that denationalization as punishment is unconstitutional and introducing the concept of “evolving standards of decency” in interpreting cruel and unusual punishment.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Albert Trop v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State	1
Trop v. Dulles canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eighth Amendment case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
appealedFrom	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ⓘ
areaOfLaw	citizenship law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ criminal punishment ⓘ
argued	1957-10-23 ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtDecision	Earl Warren ⓘ
citation	356 U.S. 86 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1958-03-31 ⓘ
dissentBy	Charles E. Whittaker ⓘ Felix Frankfurter ⓘ John M. Harlan II ⓘ Tom C. Clark ⓘ
factPattern	Army soldier convicted of desertion during wartime ⓘ Petitioner was declared to have lost his U.S. citizenship as a consequence of desertion ⓘ
fullCaseName	Trop v. Dulles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Albert Trop v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
holding	Denationalization as a punishment for crime is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment ⓘ The Eighth Amendment must draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society ⓘ
impact	established a dynamic, evolving approach to constitutional interpretation of punishment ⓘ expanded interpretation of the Eighth Amendment beyond physical punishments ⓘ
involvedStatute	Section 401(g) of the Nationality Act of 1940 ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
keyPhrase	evolving standards of decency ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalIssue	cruel and unusual punishment ⓘ denationalization as punishment ⓘ
legalPrinciple	evolving standards of decency ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Earl Warren ⓘ
originatingCourt	United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ⓘ
petitioner	Albert Trop ⓘ
pluralityOpinionBy	Earl Warren ⓘ
precedentFor	cases limiting harsh non-physical punishments ⓘ later Eighth Amendment proportionality cases ⓘ
reargued	1958-01-15 ⓘ
relatedTo	Eighth Amendment jurisprudence ⓘ cruel and unusual punishment doctrine ⓘ loss of citizenship ⓘ
respondent	John Foster Dulles ⓘ
respondentOffice	United States Secretary of State ⓘ
result	statutory provision authorizing denationalization as punishment held unconstitutional ⓘ

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Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution → centralIssueInCase → Trop v. Dulles ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Albert Trop v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State