United States v. La Vengeance
| United States v. La Vengeance | |
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| Argued August 10, 1796 Decided August 11, 1796 | |
| Full case name | United States v. La Vengeance |
| Citations |
1 L. Ed. 610; 1796 U.S. LEXIS 402; 3 Dall. 297 |
| Prior history | Error from the Circuit Court for the District of New York |
| Holding | |
| A proceeding by the United States to forfeit a vessel is a cause of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, and courts will take judicial notice of a geographical fact. | |
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| Majority | Elsworth, joined by unanimous |
United States v. La Vengeance, 3 U.S. 297 (1796), was an 1796 decision of the United States Supreme Court which found that a proceeding by the United States to forfeit a vessel is a cause of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. Specifically, "[a]n injunction to enforce the forfeiture of a vessel, for an illegal exportation of arms and ammunition, is a civil cause of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The courts will take judicial notice of a geographical fact."[1]
References
- ↑ Reports of cases ruled and adjudged in the several courts of the United States, and of Pennsylvania: held at the seat of the federal government, Volume 3 (Banks Law Pub. Co., 1905) pg. 297
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