Legal Opinion
James Shewan & Sons, Inc. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 2, 1925No. 42PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
On November 17, 1924, this Court reversed the decree of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, dismissing a libel in admiralty against the United States, brought to recover the value pf repairs made on the steamship Biran, owned by the United States. The suit was brought under an act authorizing suits .against the United States in admiralty, etc., approved March 9, .1920, ch. 95, 41 Stat. 525. 'Nothing was said in' the opinion about costs. The ordinary rule is that costs are not allowed against the United States. Pine River Company v. United States, 186 U. S. 279, 296;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Stanley v. SchwalbySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Pine River Logging Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- United States v. RinggoldSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
- The AntelopeSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. Chemical Foundation, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. Richard A. HornCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Eastern S. S. Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
- North Atlantic & Gulf S.S. Co., Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- State Highway Commission v. WunderlichMississippi Supreme Court · 1943
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