Trans-Atlantique v. United States

McCORMICK, District judge.

The above-entitled four actions have been heard simultaneously upon written stipulations of facts on file. Each case is brought under the so-called Tucker Act (28 USCA § 41(20), and is founded upon the same “Law of the United States,” to wit, the Immigration Act of 1917 (39 Stat. 874). Inasmuch as these causes involve the same questions of law, one opinion will suffice and may be regarded as having been rendered and filed in each ease.

The substantial facts shown by thé stipulations may be epitomized as follows: Plaintiffs are transatlantic steamship carriers, and…