Legal Opinion
Alaska Steamship Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 4, 1933No. 56PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
In this suit, brought under the Tucker Act, 24 Stat. 505, in the District Court for Western Washington, petitioner sought compensation at an agreed rate for the transportation of certain destitute seamen from Ketchikan, Alaska, to Seattle, under the provisions of § 4578 R.S., as amended, 46 U.S.C. § 679. That section imposes on masters of United States vessels homeward bound the duty, upon request of consular officers, to receive and carry destitute seamen to the port of destination at such compensation not exceeding a specified amount as may be agreed upon by the master with a consular…
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- United States v. PhilbrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- United States v. G. Falk & BrotherSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
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- Commissioner of Internal Rev. v. Monarch Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
- Walker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
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