Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author)

E879582

United States Supreme Court case judicial precedent landmark case

Murray v. The Charming Betsy is an early 19th-century U.S. Supreme Court case best known for establishing the “Charming Betsy” canon, which holds that U.S. laws should be interpreted, where fairly possible, not to conflict with international law.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ judicial precedent ⓘ landmark case ⓘ
establishesPrinciple	U.S. statutes should be construed, where fairly possible, not to conflict with international law ⓘ presumption against interpreting U.S. law to violate the law of nations ⓘ
hasAreaOfLaw	admiralty law ⓘ foreign relations law of the United States ⓘ international law ⓘ statutory interpretation ⓘ
hasChiefJustice	John Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCitation	6 U.S. (2 Cranch) 64 ⓘ
hasCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCourt	Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCranchCitation	2 Cranch 64 ⓘ
hasDecisionYear	1804 ⓘ
hasFullCaseName	Murray v. The Schooner Charming Betsy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHolding	An act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other possible construction remains ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	U.S. foreign relations jurisprudence ⓘ doctrine of presumption against extraterritoriality ⓘ interpretive approaches to human rights treaties in U.S. courts ⓘ
hasInterpretiveCanonType	canon of avoidance of conflict with international law ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	federal law of the United States ⓘ
hasKeyPhrase	“Charming Betsy canon” ⓘ “an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other possible construction remains” ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasLegalDoctrine	Charming Betsy canon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegalEffect	creates presumption of conformity between U.S. law and international law ⓘ guides courts to avoid statutory interpretations that place the United States in violation of international obligations ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	binding precedent within the U.S. federal judiciary ⓘ
hasNamedFor	schooner Charming Betsy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOpinionAuthor	John Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasParty	Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ The Schooner Charming Betsy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRegionOfImpact	United States federal courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRelatedConcept	customary international law ⓘ law of nations ⓘ statutory construction canons ⓘ treaty interpretation ⓘ
hasReporterVolume	6 U.S. GENERATED ⓘ
hasShortName	The Charming Betsy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter	compatibility of U.S. statutes with the law of nations ⓘ interpretation of U.S. non‑intercourse legislation ⓘ
hasTimePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
isAppliedIn	cases involving conflict between U.S. statutes and customary international law ⓘ cases involving conflict between U.S. statutes and treaty obligations ⓘ
isCitedFor	canon of construction favoring consistency with international law ⓘ principle of comity toward other nations in statutory interpretation ⓘ

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Justice Samuel Nelson → notableCase → Murray v. The Charming Betsy (applied as precedent, not author) ⓘ

subject surface form: Samuel Nelson