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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 11, 1955

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  1. Tiaco Vs. Forbes US Supreme Court · May 05, 1913
  2. Case Vs. Bowles US Supreme Court · Feb 04, 1946
  3. Clinton Vs. Englebrecht US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1871
  4. Maynard Vs. Hill US Supreme Court · Mar 19, 1888
  5. Alton Vs. Alton US Supreme Court · Jun 01, 1954
  6. Downes Vs. Bidwell US Supreme Court · May 27, 1901
  7. Harisiades Vs. Shaughnessy US Supreme Court · Mar 10, 1952
  8. Cope Vs. Cope US Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1891
  9. U.S. 1 (1955) U.S. Supreme Court Granville-Smith v. Granville-Smith
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  10. U.S. 1 (1955) Granville-Smith v. Granville-Smith
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  11. Since no further evidence was proffered, the court, relying on its earlier opinion in Alton v. Alton
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  12. territory. See, e.g., Rassmussen v. United
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  13. of as future States. To these only some essentials, withal undefined, of the Constitution extended. See, e.g., Balzac v. Porto
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  14. a) the right of the individual to trial by jury and similar protections, e.g., Balzac v. Porto
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  15. b) the right of the Federal Government to tax territorial products on a nonuniform basis, e.g., Downes v. Bidwell
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  16. those in which the sovereign immunity of the territory was in issue, e.g., Porto Rico v. Rosaly
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  17. those in which conflict was claimed with the United States Constitution or laws, e.g., Puerto Rico v. Shell
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  18. Territory of Montana v. Lee
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  19. nature of particular territorial legislation was assailed, e.g., Tiaco v. Forbes
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  20. People v. Daniels
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  21. whether a territorial legislature has transcended the familiar bounds of legislation. See, e.g., Christianson v. King
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  22. the right to pass laws applicable not generally, but to specific individuals or portions of a territory. In Maynard v. Hill
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  23. Burch v. Burch
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  24. in 1954. Act of July 22, 1954, 68 Stat. 497. Previous to the legislation, this Court, on June 1, had dismissed Alton v. Alton
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  25. Terrill v. Page
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  26. Wilson v. Wilson
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  27. growing out of the needs of the Islands and governing relations within them. An example is provided by Puerto Rico v. Shell
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  28. The Virgin Islanders could, of course, bring themselves within the 1944 law as interpreted in Burch v. Burch
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  29. with the forum. Virgin Islanders seeking divorce are not sojourners, mere transients in the Islands. Cf. Berger v. Berger
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  30. hundred and forty-three were granted (14.3 per 1,000) as opposed to only 237 marriages. But the decisions in Alton v. Alton
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  31. Beginning with Downes v. Bidwell
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  32. In Balzac v. Porto
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  33. Cincinnati Soap Co. v. United
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  34. Ibid. Each Colonial Council subsequently passed a divorce law, verbally drawn from that of Alaska. Burch v. Burch
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  35. Cf. People v. Daniels
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  36. the Legislative Assembly addressed themselves to the reasons for changing the result of the Court of Appeals in Burch v. Burch
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  37. as one reason for the tourist slump during the previous season. District Judge Moore, who decided both Alton v. Alton
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  38. Jackson, The Struggle for Judicial Supremacy (1941), p. 81. Some 10 years later, in Harisiades v. Shaughnessy
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  39. We note that the majority cites People v. Daniels
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  40. In Cope v. Cope
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  41. standards of legislative jurisdiction under the Due Process Clause, Page 349 U. S. 22 see Miller Bros. Co. v. Maryland
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  42. They are domiciled in the Islands, and could, of course, bring themselves within the 1944 law as interpreted in Burch v. Burch
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  43. from passing such enactments, that is another story. But it has not done so. The language of Mr. Justice Brown in Cope v. Cope
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  44. provision of the 1936 Act. Cf. Alaska Steamship Co. v. United
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  45. is interesting to note the explanation Page 349 U. S. 26 of Government counsel on this point in Porto Rico v. Rosaly
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  46. no other State can question the validity of the divorce so long as both parties appeared in the action. See Johnson v. Muelberger
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  47. subject, of course, to the power of the Congress. This view is supported by the Government's argument in Puerto Rico v. Shell
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  48. Walker v. New
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  49. Hornbuckle v. Tombs
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  50. Gromer v. Standard
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