Legal Opinion

Steamer Coquitlam v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 18, 1896No. 804PublishedCited by 35 opinions

CERTIFICATE from the circuit court of appeals foe the NINTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Haelan

This is a suit in admiralty brought by the United States in the District Court of Alaska for the forfeiture of the steamer Coquitlam, because of an alleged violation of the revenue laws of the United States.

A decree having been rendered for the United States on the 18th day of December, 1893, an appeal was prosecuted to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

By the sixth section of the act of March 3,1891, c. 517, the Circuit Courts of Appeals are given jurisdiction to review by appeal or writ of error the “ final decision in the District Court and the existing Circuit Courts in…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. American Insurance v. 356 Bales of CottonSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
  3. Briggs v. SpauldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. Clinton v. EnglebrechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  5. McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Rassmussen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. Binns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  3. Interstate Commerce Commission v. United States Ex Rel. Humboldt Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. Jose Guerrido, Libellant v. Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1956
  5. Jackson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1900

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