Ex Parte Muir
Supreme Court of the United States
PETITION FOR A WRIT OF PROHIBITION AND/OR FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS. The case is stated in the opinion. Counsel also distinguished: The Ckarkieh, L. R. 8 Q. B. 197; L. R. 4 Adm. & Eccl. 59; Oyster Police Steamers of Maryland, 31 Fed. Rep. 763; Workman v. New York City, 179 U. S. 552; The Florence H, 248 Fed.
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PETITION FOR A WRIT OF PROHIBITION AND/OR FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS. The case is stated in the opinion. Counsel also distinguished: The Ckarkieh, L. R. 8 Q. B. 197; L. R. 4 Adm. & Eccl. 59; Oyster Police Steamers of Maryland, 31 Fed. Rep. 763; Workman v. New York City, 179 U. S. 552; The Florence H, 248 Fed. Rep. 1012; The Prins Frederik, 2 Dod. 451 (see The Parlement Belge, L. R. 5 P. D. 213; De Haber v. Queen of Portugal, 17 Q. B. 171); The Swallow, Swab. 30; The Inflexible, Swab. 32. The criteria of immunity are government control and dedication to the public service. When government control…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
On July 28, 1917, the Gleneden, a British steamship privately owned, and the Giuseppe Verdi, an Italian steamship similarly owned, came into collision in the Gulf of Lyons, both being seriously damaged. November 7, 1918, the British owner of the Gleneden commenced a suit in rem in admiralty against the -Giuseppe Verdi in the District Court for the District of New Jersey to recover damages occasioned by the collision; and a few days later the Italian owner of the Giuseppe Verdi commenced a like suit against the Gleneden in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The libel in…
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