Albert Trop
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Albert Trop was the former U.S. Army soldier whose challenge to the loss of his citizenship for wartime desertion led to the landmark 1958 Supreme Court case Trop v. Dulles, which helped define constitutional limits on punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former United States Army soldier
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person ⓘ |
| caseCitation | 356 U.S. 86 ⓘ |
| caseDecisionYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| caseName | Trop v. Dulles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| challenged | denationalization statute applied for wartime desertion ⓘ |
| consequenceOfEvent | revocation of United States citizenship ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvoked |
Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
NERFINISHED
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Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| event | desertion from the U.S. Army during wartime ⓘ |
| hasNameInCaseTitle | Trop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn | constitutional litigation concerning the Eighth Amendment ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOfCase | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalIssueInvolved |
constitutionality of denationalization as a criminal punishment
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loss of United States citizenship as punishment for wartime desertion ⓘ scope of the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments ⓘ |
| legalSignificanceOfCase |
contributed to the doctrine that the Eighth Amendment draws its meaning from evolving standards of decency
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helped define constitutional limits on punishment under the Eighth Amendment ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryStatusAtIssue | deserter ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case Trop v. Dulles ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| opposedBy | John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, in his official capacity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyTo | Trop v. Dulles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | petitioner in Trop v. Dulles ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfNotability | 1950s ⓘ |
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