Downes v. Bidwell

E388979

Insular Case U.S. Supreme Court case

Downes v. Bidwell is a 1901 U.S. Supreme Court case that helped establish the "Insular Cases" doctrine, holding that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all territories under American control.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Downes v. Bidwell canonical	11
De Lima v. Bidwell	3
Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 244 (1901)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Insular Case ⓘ U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	U.S. territorial law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
citation	182 U.S. 244 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Edward Douglass White ⓘ George Shiras Jr. ⓘ Horace Gray ⓘ Joseph McKenna ⓘ
constitutionalConcept	incorporated vs. unincorporated territories ⓘ limited application of certain constitutional provisions outside the states ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionDiscussed	Taxing and Spending Clause ⓘ surface form: Taxing and Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution Uniformity Clause ⓘ surface form: Uniformity Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
dateDecided	1901-05-27 ⓘ
defendant	George R. Bidwell ⓘ
dissentBy	David J. Brewer ⓘ Henry Brown Fuller ⓘ John Marshall Harlan ⓘ Rufus W. Peckham ⓘ
fullCaseName	Downes v. Bidwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 244 (1901)
historicalContext	post–Spanish–American War acquisition of overseas territories ⓘ
holding	Congress may treat unincorporated territories differently from states for certain constitutional purposes ⓘ duties could be imposed on goods imported from Puerto Rico into the United States ⓘ the U.S. Constitution does not fully and automatically apply to all territories under American control ⓘ
impact	contributed to the doctrine that some constitutional rights are not fully applicable in unincorporated territories ⓘ helped establish the Insular Cases framework for U.S. territories ⓘ influenced later cases on the status of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalIssue	application of the U.S. Constitution to unincorporated territories ⓘ status of newly acquired U.S. territories after the Spanish–American War ⓘ validity of federal tariffs on goods from U.S. territories ⓘ
locationArgued	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Henry Billings Brown ⓘ
partOf	Insular Cases ⓘ
plaintiff	Samuel Downes ⓘ
precedentFor	later Supreme Court decisions on the rights of territorial residents ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	Insular Cases ⓘ territorial incorporation doctrine ⓘ
result	tariff on goods from Puerto Rico upheld ⓘ
subjectMatter	federal tariff on oranges imported from Puerto Rico ⓘ
subsequentCriticism	criticized for enabling unequal treatment of residents of U.S. territories ⓘ
territoryInvolved	Puerto Rico ⓘ
voteSplit	5–4 ⓘ
yearDecided	1901 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → citedInCase → Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ

insular cases doctrine → hasPart → Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ

subject surface form: Insular Cases doctrine

insular cases doctrine → hasPart → Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ

subject surface form: Insular Cases doctrine

this entity surface form: De Lima v. Bidwell

United States territorial law → shapedBy → Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ

Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution → usedInCase → Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ

Downes v. Bidwell → fullCaseName → Downes v. Bidwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 244 (1901)

Balzac v. Porto Rico → relatedCase → Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ

Insular Cases → hasPart → Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: De Lima v. Bidwell

Insular Cases → notableCase → Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ

Dooley v. United States → isRelatedCase → Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ

this entity surface form: De Lima v. Bidwell

Dorr v. United States → relatedCase → Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ

Ocampo v. United States → relatedTo → Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ

Rassmussen v. United States → relatedTo → Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ