Legal Opinion
Clyde S. S. Co. v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 29, 1929PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONDY, District Judge.
This suit was brought to recover flues imposed upon plaintiff for bringing into the country four immigrants without unexpired immigration visas.
The Immigration Act of 1924, 8 U. S. C. § 216 (8 USCA § 216), makes it unlawful for any transportation company to bring to the United States by water from any place outside thereof any immigrant who does not have an unexpired immigration visa.
It provides that such company shall pay the sum of $1,000 for each immigrant so brought and a sum equal to that paid by such immigrant as transportation, and that such sum shall not be…
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- Cunard S. S. Co. v. StranahanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1904
- W. & C. T. Jones S. S. Corp. v. HamiltonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1918
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