DeLima v. Bidwell

DeLima v. Bidwell
DeLima v. Bidwell
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 8–11, 1901; Decided May 27, 1901
Full case name	Elias S.A. DeLima, et al., plaintiffs in error, v. George R. Bidwell
Citations	182 U.S. 1 (more) 21 S. Ct. 743; 45 L. Ed. 1041
Holding
	Upon ratification of the Treaty of Paris, Puerto Rico was not a foreign country for purposes of the tariff laws of the United States, which required payment of duties on goods moving into the United States from a foreign country.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan · Horace Gray; David J. Brewer · Henry B. Brown; George Shiras Jr. · Edward D. White; Rufus W. Peckham · Joseph McKenna
Case opinions
Majority	Brown, joined by Fuller, Harlan, Peckham, Brewer
Dissent	McKenna, joined by Shiras, White
Dissent	Gray

DeLima v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 1 (1901), was one of a group of the first Insular Cases decided by the US Supreme Court.

The case was argued on January 8–11, 1901 and was decided on May 27, 1901.

DeLima v. Bidwell
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 8–11, 1901 Decided May 27, 1901
Full case name	Elias S.A. DeLima, et al., plaintiffs in error, v. George R. Bidwell
Citations	182 U.S. 1 (more) 21 S. Ct. 743; 45 L. Ed. 1041
Holding
Upon ratification of the Treaty of Paris, Puerto Rico was not a foreign country for purposes of the tariff laws of the United States, which required payment of duties on goods moving into the United States from a foreign country.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan · Horace Gray David J. Brewer · Henry B. Brown George Shiras Jr. · Edward D. White Rufus W. Peckham · Joseph McKenna
Case opinions
Majority	Brown, joined by Fuller, Harlan, Peckham, Brewer
Dissent	McKenna, joined by Shiras, White
Dissent	Gray