Legal Opinion

Fourteen Diamond Rings v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 2, 1901No. 158PublishedCited by 48 opinions

EEEOE TO THE DISTBICT COUET OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE NOETHEEN DISTBICT OF ILLINOIS. The statement of the ease wfEf be found in the opinion of the court. The case was argued December 17,18,19 and 20,1900. Ooeize, Appellant, v. United States was heard at the same time. Leave was granted in this case to Mr. Alexander Porter Morse to file a brief on behalf of interested parties.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller

delivered' tbe opinion of the court.

Emil J. Pepke, a citizen of the United States and of the State of North Dakota, enlisted in the First Regiment of' the North-Dakota United States Yolunteer Infantry, and was assigned for duty with his regiment in the island of Luzon, in the Philippine Islands,- and continued in the military service of the United States until the regiment was ordered to réturn, and, on arriving at San Francisco, was discharged September 25, 1899.

He brought with him from Luzon fourteen diamond rings, which he had there purchased, q>r acquired through a loan, subsequent" to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Downes v. BidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  2. De Lima v. BidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  3. Thorington v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  4. CROSS v. HarrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1854

3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Graham & Foster v. GoodcellSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Hooven & Allison Co. v. EvattSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Burnet v. Chicago Portrait Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Auguste v. RidgeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
  5. Nathaniel Holmes v. Melvin Laird, as Secretary of the United States Department of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972

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