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Compagnie General Transatlantique v. United States

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided July 7, 1927PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.

The first of the above two actions was brought to recover $200, which was paid to the collector of customs for the port of New York, to be held as a special deposit pending determination by the Secretary of Labor as to the assessment of a fine amounting to $200 on account of bringing an illiterate alien to the United States. This alien was at first excluded as illiterate by the inspection officers of the United States immigration service, but thereafter granted permanent admission.

The plaintiff paid the said sum over to the collector as an alternative to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. Emery, Bird, Thayer Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  2. Dooley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  3. United States v. Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Holland-America Lijn)Supreme Court of the United States · 1920

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Clapp v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1954
  2. South Puerto Rico Sugar Company Trading Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1964
  3. Jaekel v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
  4. United States v. Lockheed L-188 Aircraft, Registration No. N12vg, in Rem, and International Air Leases, Inc., Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
  5. Andrew Pasha v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973

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