United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
Significance, Court Upholds Broad Presidential Powers In Foreign Affairs, Further Readings
Appellant
United States
Appellee
Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation
Appellant's Claim
That the president has the power to prohibit arms sales to warring nations.
Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Homer S. Cummings, U.S. Attorney General; Martin Conboy
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
William Wallace
Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Charles Evans Hughes, Owen Josephus Roberts, George Sutherland (writing for the Court), Willis Van Devanter
Justices Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds (Harlan Fiske Stone did not participate)
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
21 December 1936
Decision
The Supreme Court upheld the presidential resolution prohibiting the arms sales.
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