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Legal Citation: 299 U.S. 304 (1936)

Appellant
United States

Appellee
Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation

Appellant's Claim
That the president has the power to prohibit arms sales to warring nations.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Homer S. Cummings, U.S. Attorney General; Martin Conboy

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
William Wallace

Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Charles Evans Hughes, Owen Josephus Roberts, George Sutherland (writing for the Court), Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds (Harlan Fiske Stone did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
21 December 1936

Decision
The Supreme Court upheld the presidential resolution prohibiting the arms sales.