The " City of Washington."
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Usages, called sea laws, having the effect of obligatory regulations, to prevent collisions between ships engaged in navigar tion, existed long before there was any legislation upon the subject, either in this country or in the country from which our judicial system was largely borrowed.
Plenary jurisdiction was conferred upon the courts in such controversies; and the judicial reports show, beyond peradventure, that the courts, both common-law and admiralty, were constantly in the habit of referring to the established usages of the sea as furnishing the rule of decision to determine whether…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The FarragutSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- New-Haven Steam-Boat & Transportation Co. v. VanderbiltSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1844
- Foster v. The MirandaDistrict Court, D. Illinois · 1854
- Bulloch v. The LamarU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Georgia · 1844
- Haney v. The LouisianaDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1858
3Cited by22 opinions
- Belden v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Susquehanna S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- Oliver J. Olson & Co., a Corporation v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, a Corporation, Marine Leopard Cargo v. Oliver J. Olson & Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- The 'Coty of Washington.'Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Van Pelt v. The AlaskaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1886
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