Legal Opinion
Lorang v. Alaska S. S. Co.
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided May 14, 1924No. 8511PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
Sections 24 and 256, Judicial Code (Comp. St. §§ 991, 1233), give District Courts exclusive jurisdiction of causes of admiralty, “saving to suitors * * * ■ the right of a common-law remedy where the common law is competent to give it.” Chelentis v. Euckenbach S. S. Co., 247 U. S. 372, 38 Sup. Ct. 501, 62 L. Ed. 1171. The law of the sea, which embodies the principles of the general admiralty law, was in existence during the Confederation, and was by the Constitution, because of its relation to navigation and foreign and interstate commerce, given national control and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Case of the Sewing MacHine CompaniesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Panama R. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Atianza v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 1924
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