Zschernig v. Miller

Zschernig v. Miller
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 7, 1967 Decided January 15, 1968
Full case name	Zschernig v. Miller
Citations	389 U.S. 429 (more) 88 S. Ct. 664; 19 L. Ed. 2d 683; 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2714
Case history
Prior	243 Or. 567; 412 P.2d 781; 415 P.2d 15 (1966); probable jurisdiction noted, 386 U.S. 1030 (1967).
Holding
A state statute allowing an alien to inherit only if his domestic law satisfies one of the specified conditions is unconstitutional because it intrudes into the federal realm of foreign affairs.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Abe Fortas · Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
Majority	Douglas, joined by Warren, Black, Brennan, Stewart, Fortas
Concurrence	Stewart, joined by Brennan
Concurrence	Harlan (in judgment)
Dissent	White
Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Zschernig v. Miller, 389 U.S. 429 (1968), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated an Oregon statute for unconstitutionally intruding into the federal realm of foreign affairs even though the statute did not conflict with any federal treaty or statute.^[1][2]