United States v. Arjona

United States v. Arjona
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 7, 1887
Full case name	United States v. Arjona
Citations	120 U.S. 479 ( more )
Holding
It is not necessary for Congress to announce that a statute is intended to enforce international criminal law before that statute may be enforced under the Offenses Clause.
Court membership
Chief Justice Morrison Waite Associate Justices Samuel F. Miller  · Stephen J. Field Joseph P. Bradley  · John M. Harlan William B. Woods  · Stanley Matthews Horace Gray  · Samuel Blatchford
Case opinion
Majority	Waite, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Offenses Clause

United States v. Arjona, 120 U.S. 479 (1887), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that it is not necessary for Congress to announce that a statute is intended to enforce international criminal law before that statute may be enforced under the Offenses Clause. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The challenged law in this case criminalized the counterfeiting of foreign governments' securities. ^[2]

References

1. United States v. Arjona, 120 U.S. 479 (1887).
2. Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Piracy". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 351.

External links

• Text of United States v. Arjona, 120 U.S. 479(1887) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia