In the Matter of the Requested Extradition of Tuttle United States v. Tuttle

Abstract

State succession — Treaties — Extradition treaty — Whether newly-independent State succeeding to rights and obligations under extradition treaty — United Kingdom-United States Extradition Treaty, 1931 — Extradition request from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to the United States — Exchange of Notes between the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the United States of America, 1978 — Whether sufficient for continued effect of Treaty — Significance of subsequent termination of Treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Conduct of foreign relations — Treaties — Determination as to whether treaty in force with foreign State — Whether matter for Executive or the courts — Requirement that Senate approve treaties — United Kingdom-United States Extradition Treaty, 1931 — Exchange of Notes between the Bahamas and the United States purporting to give continued effect to Extradition Treaty — Whether Note requiring advice and consent of United States Senate

Treaties — Duration — State succession — Extradition treaty — Whether binding upon newly-independent State — Whether exchange of Notes between newly-independent State and other party to treaty sufficient to continue treaty in force — The law of the United States