Kentucky v. Dennison
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Overruled
- Overruled by Puerto Rico v. Branstad (1987)suggested link
Source: Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (2022 ed.), Table of Supreme Court Decisions Overruled by Subsequent Decisions, p. 2440: Puerto Rico v. Branstad, 483 U.S. 219 (1987) — Kentucky v. Dennison, 65 U.S. (24 How.) 66 (1861).
Syllabus
No syllabus is shown. Volume 65 is one of the early reports (before volume 91), whose headnotes are the reporter's own.
Provisions
The Constitution Annotated's essays on these provisions cite this case.
- Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2suggested link
Source: Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (2022 ed.), essays ArtIV.S2.C2.1, ArtIV.S2.C2.2, ArtIV.S2.C2.3, pp. 1218, 1219.
Why it is here
The library's first set of cases is chosen by fixed rules from the Constitution Annotated (2022), which cites this case as “Kentucky v. Dennison, 65 U.S. (24 How.) 66 (1861)”:
- overruled (table of overruled decisions) and cited on 6 pages