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  • Frederick Bernays Wiener
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  • Frederick Bernays "Fritz" Wiener (1 June 1906 – 1 October 1996) was an American jurist specializing in military justice and constitutional law who became famous for the 1957 case of Reid v. Covert, which represents the only time a lawyer lost in the Supreme Court of the United States but prevailed on rehearing. That case was particularly notable in that it established that "no agreement with a foreign nation [i.e., no treaty] can confer power on the Congress, or on any other branch of Government, which is free from the restraints of the Constitution."
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Relatives
Birth Date
  • 1906-06-01
Period
  • 1940
Subject
  • Military justice, appellate practice
death place
  • Phoenix, Arizona
Spouse
Education
  • Ph.B., LL.B.
Alma mater
  • Brown University, Harvard Law School
Birth Place
  • New York, New York
death date
  • 1996-10-01
Citizenship
Occupation
  • Appellate Lawyer
abstract
  • Frederick Bernays "Fritz" Wiener (1 June 1906 – 1 October 1996) was an American jurist specializing in military justice and constitutional law who became famous for the 1957 case of Reid v. Covert, which represents the only time a lawyer lost in the Supreme Court of the United States but prevailed on rehearing. That case was particularly notable in that it established that "no agreement with a foreign nation [i.e., no treaty] can confer power on the Congress, or on any other branch of Government, which is free from the restraints of the Constitution." He is also noted for arguing for the victorious appellants in the racial discrimination case Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis, , and the losing appellant in the reapportionment case Roman v. Sincock, .