Legal Opinion
Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 5, 1950No. 230PublishedCited by 435 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
The question before us is the propriety of an order of the District Court for the Canal Zone vacating a foreign attachment of a vessel made in a libel in personam. We granted certiorari because important questions relating to the scope of admiralty jurisdiction and its exercise are in issue. 338 U. S. 813.
On March 7, 1948, the libel was filed against Compania Transmaritima Colombiana, S. A., a Colombian corporation, by Swift & Company Packers, a Nevada corporation, certain Cuban corporations and individuals, and a Colombian citizen. They brought the libel as owners of rice shipped from…
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