Balzac v. Porto Rico

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Insular Cases decision United States Supreme Court case federal courts case

Balzac v. Porto Rico is a 1922 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held certain constitutional rights, including the right to a jury trial, do not automatically apply in unincorporated territories such as Puerto Rico.

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Label	Occurrences
Balzac v. Porto Rico canonical	10

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Insular Cases decision ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ federal courts case ⓘ
appliesDoctrine	Insular Cases ⓘ surface form: Insular Cases doctrine
areaOfLaw	United States constitutional law ⓘ United States territorial law ⓘ criminal procedure in U.S. territories ⓘ
authorOfMajorityOpinion	President William Howard Taft ⓘ surface form: William Howard Taft
ChiefJusticeAtDecision	President William Howard Taft ⓘ surface form: William Howard Taft
citation	258 U.S. 298 ⓘ
clarifies	distinction between incorporated and unincorporated territories ⓘ
concerns	application of the United States Constitution in unincorporated territories ⓘ right to trial by jury ⓘ status of Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article IV Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1922-04-10 ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
fullCaseName	Balzac v. Porto Rico self-link ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
holding	Not all provisions of the United States Constitution apply ex proprio vigore to unincorporated territories ⓘ Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States for constitutional purposes ⓘ The Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial in criminal prosecutions does not automatically apply in unincorporated territories such as Puerto Rico ⓘ
impact	limited the automatic extension of certain constitutional rights to residents of unincorporated territories ⓘ reinforced classification of Puerto Rico as unincorporated for constitutional purposes ⓘ
involves	criminal libel prosecution ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalEffect	binding precedent on federal courts regarding constitutional rights in unincorporated territories ⓘ
legalSubject	constitutional law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ territorial law ⓘ
locationOfFacts	Puerto Rico ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	President William Howard Taft ⓘ surface form: William Howard Taft
pageInUnitedStatesReports	298 ⓘ
party	Honoré de Balzac ⓘ surface form: Balzac Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Porto Rico
relatedCase	Dorr v. United States ⓘ Downes v. Bidwell ⓘ Hawaii v. Mankichi ⓘ Rassmussen v. United States ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	territorial incorporation doctrine ⓘ
result	conviction in Puerto Rican court affirmed ⓘ
territory	Puerto Rico ⓘ
territoryStatusConsidered	unincorporated territory ⓘ
volumeInUnitedStatesReports	258 ⓘ
yearDecided	1922 ⓘ

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Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → citedInCase → Balzac v. Porto Rico ⓘ

insular cases doctrine → hasPart → Balzac v. Porto Rico ⓘ

subject surface form: Insular Cases doctrine

United States territorial law → shapedBy → Balzac v. Porto Rico ⓘ

Balzac v. Porto Rico → fullCaseName → Balzac v. Porto Rico self-link ⓘ

Insular Cases → hasPart → Balzac v. Porto Rico ⓘ

Insular Cases → notableCase → Balzac v. Porto Rico ⓘ

Dooley v. United States → isRelatedCase → Balzac v. Porto Rico ⓘ

Dorr v. United States → relatedCase → Balzac v. Porto Rico ⓘ

Dorr v. United States → subsequentInfluenceOn → Balzac v. Porto Rico ⓘ

Ocampo v. United States → relatedTo → Balzac v. Porto Rico ⓘ