Legal Opinion
United States v. Lei Shi
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 24, 2008No. 06-10389PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We are called upon to decide whether a foreign national who forcibly seizes control of a foreign vessel in international waters may be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States when such vessel is intercepted by federal authorities.
I
A
On March 14, 2002, the Full Means No. 2, a Taiwanese fishing vessel registered in the Republic of the Seychelles, was sailing in international waters off the coast of Hawaii. The Captain of the vessel was Taiwanese, while its 29 crewmembers, including Lei Shi, 1 the ship’s cook, were mainland Chinese. According to Shi, the…
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