De Veau v. Braisted

De Veau v. Braisted
Argued March 1, 1960
Decided June 6, 1960
Full case nameDe Veau v. Braisted
Citations363 U.S. 144 (more)
80 S. Ct. 1146; 4 L. Ed. 2d 1109; 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1863
Case history
PriorOn appeal from the Court of Appeals of New York, 5 N.Y.2d 236, 183 N.Y.S.2d 793, 157 N.E.2d 165 (1959); probable jurisdiction noted, 361 U.S. 806 (1959).
Holding
An interstate compact restricting convicted felons from holding union office is not preempted by the National Labor Relations Act or the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, does not violate the 14th Amendment, and is not an ex post facto law or bill of attainder under Article One of the Constitution
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Tom C. Clark
John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr.
Charles E. Whittaker · Potter Stewart
Case opinions
MajorityFrankfurter, joined by Clark, Whittaker, Stewart
ConcurrenceBrennan
DissentDouglas, joined by Warren, Black
Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
National Labor Relations Act; Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act; 14th Amendment; U.S. Constitution Article One, Section 10; U.S. Constitution, Article Four, Section 1

De Veau v. Braisted, 363 U.S. 144 (1960), is a 5-to-3 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States that an interstate compact restricting convicted felons from holding union office is not preempted by the National Labor Relations Act or the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, does not violate the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment, and is not an ex post facto law or bill of attainder in violation of Article One, Section 10 of the Constitution.