Ex parte United States
Supreme Court of the United States
PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF PROHIBITION AND/OR MANDAMUS. Petitions by the United States for writs of prohibition and mandamus to prevent. District Courts from exercising jurisdiction in three proceedings in rem for collisions that occurred while the vessels libeled were owned absolutely or pro hac vice by the United States and employed in the public service.. The vessels were all of distinctively public status when the collisions occurred.
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PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF PROHIBITION AND/OR MANDAMUS. Petitions by the United States for writs of prohibition and mandamus to prevent. District Courts from exercising jurisdiction in three proceedings in rem for collisions that occurred while the vessels libeled were owned absolutely or pro hac vice by the United States and employed in the public service.. The vessels were all of distinctively public status when the collisions occurred. Section 9 of the Shipping Act has- not waived the immunity of the United States or its vessels from suits in rem for losses arising while they are employed in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are petitions for prohibition to prevent District Courts'of the United States from exercising jurisdiction of proceedings in rem for collisions that occurred while the vessels libeled were owned, absolutely or pro hac vice, by the United States, and employed in the public service.. The questions arising' in the three cases are so nearly the same that they can be dealt with -together.
*430The Western Maid was and.is the property of the United States. On January 10,1919, she was allocated by the United States Shipping Board to the War Department for service as a transport. She had been loaded…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Ex Parte State of New York, No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- The LottawannaSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Kawananakoa v. PolyblankSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Workman v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- The SirenSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
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