 | 1923 - 924 str.
...officer, then the board's purported order of removal, being wholly without force, determines no right. It is in legal contemplation as inoperative as though it had never been promulgated. It would not stand between petitioner and his right to receive the salary that goes with... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1977 - 762 str.
...Justice of the last century commented: "An unconstitutional act is not a law, it confers no rights, it imposes no duties, it affords no protection, it...as inoperative as though it had never been passed." *• The same principle must apply to action by the executive. In the pithy phrase of Professor Berger,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1977 - 544 str.
...Justice of the last century commented: "An unconstitutional act is not a law, it confers no rights, it imposes no duties, it affords no protection, it...as inoperative as though it had never been passed." 34 The same principle must apply to action by the executive. In the pithy phrase of Professor Berger,... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - 1903 - 608 str.
...simply void. Norton v. Shelby, 118 US 442. An unconstitutional act is not a law. It confers no rights, it imposes no duties, it affords no protection, it...as inoperative as though it had never been passed. Parks v. Board of Commrs. of Wyandotte Co., 61 Fed. 436; Poindexter v. Greenhow, 114 US 270; Boye v.... | |
 | United States. Social Security Administration - 1966 - 648 str.
...of Shelby, 118 US 425 (1886), the Supreme Court held that "an unconstitutional Act is not a law. . . [I]t is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed." See also, Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company v. Hackett, 228 US 559 (1913). Absent... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means - 1980 - 332 str.
...a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it creates no offices; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed." The same essence of law is reemphasized in American Jurisprudence: "The general rule is that an unconstitutional... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - 1906 - 766 str.
...Thompson, 3 AK Marsh, 70; People v. Fleming, 7 Col. 230.) An unconstitutional act is not a law, and is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed. (Norton v. Sclby Co., 118 US 425; Poindexter v. Grcenhow, 114 US 270, 288; Strong v. Daniel, 5 Ind.... | |
 | Oliver Peter Field - 1999 - 372 str.
...formal argument beyond this statement. An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it...as inoperative as though it had never been passed. The one redeeming feature of this statement of Justice Field's is that it does not purport to be an... | |
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An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it creates no office ; it is, in legal contemplation, as inopera,tive as though it had never been passed. 
