Legal Opinion
Transportes Maritimos Do Estado v. T. A. Scott Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 9, 1924No. 3024PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
The question brought here on this appeal, broadly stated, is whether the district court lost its jurisdiction in admiralty on a suggestion of immunity of a foreign sovereign from suit. The general rule exempting a government, sovereign in its attributes, from being sued without its consent is not disputed. Porto Rico v. Rosaly, 227 U. S. 270, 33 Sup. Ct. 352, 57 L. Ed. 507. The real question in the case is whether the sovereign, under the circumstances, gave or withheld its consent.
The steamship Sao Vicente stranded on Packet Rock, Sconticut Point, Massachusetts. She…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Clark v. BarnardSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Gunter v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Beers Ex Rel. Platenius v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
- Porto Rico v. Rosaly Y CastilloSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Dexter & Carpenter, Inc. v. Kunglig JarnvagsstyrelsenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Howard v. CookIdaho Supreme Court · 1938
- United States of Mexico v. RaskCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
- Flota Maritima Browning De Cuba, Sociadad Anonima v. Motor Vessel Ciudad De La HabanaDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1963
- Kunglig Jarnvagsstyrelsen v. Dexter & Carpenter, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1924
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