Legal Opinion
The" Florida"
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 18, 1880No. 92PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
101 U.S. 37 (____)
THE "FLORIDA."
Supreme Court of United States.
The case was argued by Mr. Benjamin F. Butler and Mr. Frank W. Hackett for the appellant.
The Solicitor-General, contra.
MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
The legal principles applicable to the facts disclosed in the record are well settled in the law of nations, and in English and American jurisprudence. Extended remarks upon the subject are, therefore, unnecessary. See Grotius, De Jure Belli, b. 3, c. 4, sect. 8; Bynkershoek, 61, c. 8; Burlamaqui, vol. ii. pt. 4, c. 5, sect. 19;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The AnneSupreme Court of the United States · 1818
- Phillips v. PayneSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- The Sir William PeelSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- The "Florida"Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
3Cited by14 opinions
- Holder v. City of AllentownCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Miller v. BennettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- Gerry Fleisher, and Cross-Appellee v. City of Signal Hill, Michael McCrary and Richard Diaz, and Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Holder v. City of AllentownCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Nash v. MeyerIdaho Supreme Court · 1934
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