Legal Opinion
The Leme
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided January 12, 1948No. Civ. No. 783PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES ALGER FEE, District Judge.
A libel for forfeiture of the motorship Leme was filed by the United States July 14, 1941. The purported owner of the ship was “Italia” a Societa Anónima di Navigazione. The United States produced proof at the trial where counsel for claimants appeared and vigorously contested the forfeiture upon May 16 to 22, 1946. Forfeiture was later directed.
This drama of the Second World War is highly colorful and will be developed in outline from the files in order to plot the background against which the action takes place. In June, 1940 two libels were filed in personam…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ex Parte ColonnaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- The PotomacSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- The Pietro CampanellaDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1947
- State v. Cumberland ClubSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1914
- United States v. PolonioDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1941
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. One Hundred Thirty-nine Gambling DevicesDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1952
- State v. HarkeemSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1952
- United States v. The Pietro CampanellaDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1948