Legal Opinion
United States v. Silverman
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 7, 1939No. Nos. 6994, 6995PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
In the famous “Tea Suits”, before Mr. Justice Washington, the prosecution attempted, albeit unsuccessfully, to file one thousand separate libels against each of one thousand chests of allegedly smuggled tea. Wharton, Criminal Practice and Pleading Sec. 294. A desire to remove the temptations which gave rise to redundancies such as this, led, we are told, to the passage in 1853 of “An Act to Regulate the Fees and Costs to be allowed Clerks, Marshals, and Attorneys of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, and for other Purposes”, Act Feb. 26, 1853, 10 Stat.…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Pointer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- United States v. DaughertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. LotschCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- United States v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. Antonelli Fireworks Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Dunaway v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- United States v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- A. Ray Segal v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
- Culwell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
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