Legal Opinion

United States v. Freights

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 31, 1927No. 267PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes

This is a libel in admiralty against sub-freight alleged to be in the hands of the Palmer and Parker Company of Boston in the District of Massachusetts. It was dismissed by the District Court for lack of jurisdiction, 291 Fed. 92, and the decree having been entered on March 17, 1925, before the Act of February 13, 1925, c. 229, §§ 1, 14; 43 Stat. 936, 938, 942, went into effect, a direct appeal was taken to this Court under § 238 of the Judicial Code. The Ira M. Hedges, 218 U. S. 264, 270.

The United States, owner of the -Steamship Mount' Shasta, in May, 1920, made a bare boat charter of the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

Lamar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
The Robert W. ParsonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
The" Sabine"Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. RiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
The Ira M. HedgesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910

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3Cited by42 opinions

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Schirmer Stevedoring Co. v. Seaboard Stevedoring Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
Gowen, Inc. v. F/V Quality OneCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
Oceanic Trading Corp. v. The Freights, Sub-Freights And/or Demurrage of the Vessel Diana, American Renaissance Lines, Inc., Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970

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