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Brig Caroline, William Broadfoot v. The United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 16, 1813PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

11 U.S. 496

7 Cranch 496

3 L.Ed. 417

BRIG CAROLINE, WILLIAM BROADFOOT, CLAIMANT,

v.

THE UNITED STATES.

February 24, 1813

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ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of South Carolina, in a case of seizure for violation of the acts of Congress respecting the slave trade.

The libel was in the words following:

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'At a special district Court for South Carolina district, Be it remembered, That on the ___ day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and _____ the United States of America, by Thomas Parker, their attorney for the district aforesaid, came here into Court and gave Thomas…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Brig Caroline v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1813

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. The Confiscation CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. McDonald v. NebraskaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
  3. The Emily and the CarolineSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  4. The SarahSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
  5. Van Doren v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1899

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