United States v. Pink (1940)
- Docket
- 42
- Decided
- 1940-1955-
Summary
Question: Did U.S. agreements with the U.S.S.R. compel New York to release the assets? Conclusion: The Court required New York to release the assets. Justice Douglas affirmed Justice Sutherland's reasoning in Belmont and argued that New York could not "rewrite our foreign policy to conform to its own domestic policies. Power over external affairs . . . is vested in the national government exclusively."