Legal Opinion
Direction Der Disconto-Gesellschaft v. United States Steel Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 5, 1924PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLearned Hand, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). I must be careful to observe what is not involved in the suits. I have nothing to decide as to the validity of the seizure of an unindorsed certificate in the name of a registered shareholder, who was not only a subject of Germany, but a resident of that empire, over whom, therefore, the king of Great Britain had no personal jurisdiction, and who owed him no allegiance. Again I have nothing to do with the power of the United States to capture these shares, notwithstanding a prior capture in England; that is, I need not say whether, if the local sovereign…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Jellenik v. Huron Copper Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Merritt v. American Steel-Barge Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
- Green v. Van BuskirkSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
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3Cited by35 opinions
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