Transportes Maritimos Do Estado v. Almeida

Mr. Justice Brandéis

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Almeida, a seaman, brought this action for wages against Transportes Maritimos do Estado on the common law side of the federal court for southern New York. The defendant appeared generally; answered that it was a department of the Government of the Republic of Portugal; offered evidence in support of the allegation; and claimed the immunity of a sovereign from all process. The District Judge entered judgment for the plaintiff in an amount stipulated by counsel; allowed a direct writ of error from this Court; and issued the certificate of…