Legal Opinion

The Apollon.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 22, 1824PublishedCited by 201 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

22 U.S. 362 (1824)

9 Wheat. 362

The APOLLON, Edon, Claimant.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 13, 1824.

March 17, 1824.

THE cause was argued by the Attorney-General,[a] for the respondent, and by Mr. Harper and Mr. Clay,[b] for the appellant.

2Opinion of the Court · StoryJustice Story

This is a libel, brought by the master of the French ship Apollon, against the Collector of the District of St. Mary's, for damages occasioned by an asserted illegal seizure of the ship and cargo, by the respondent, while she was lying in Belle river, a branch of the St Mary's, within the acknowledged territories of the King of Spain.

There is no dispute as…

3Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Locke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
  2. The Amiable NancySupreme Court of the United States · 1818
  3. Gelston v. HoytSupreme Court of the United States · 1818
  4. Church v. HubbartSupreme Court of the United States · 1804
  5. Talbot v. JansonSupreme Court of the United States · 1795

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4Cited by201 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. The ConquerorSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  5. Blackmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932

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