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In the Matter of Ss. Wave Sovereign

5 I&N Dec. 336 (B.I.A. 1953)
In the Matter of Ss. Wave Sovereign

7 Cited authorities

  1. Mexico v. Hoffman

    324 U.S. 30 (1945)   Cited 133 times
    In Republic of Mexico v. Hoffman, 324 U.S. 30, 65 S.Ct. 530, 89 L.Ed. 729 (1945), for example, the State Department declined to recommend, and the Court did not grant, immunity from suit with respect to a ship that Mexico owned but did not possess.

  2. In re Muir

    254 U.S. 522 (1921)   Cited 80 times
    In Ex parte Muir, supra, [ 254 U.S. 522, 41 S.Ct. 185, 65 L.Ed. 383] and in The Pesaro, supra, 255 U.S. 216, 219, 41 S.Ct. 308, 65 L.Ed. 592, the Ambassador of the intervening government challenged the jurisdiction of the court, but did not place himself or his government in the attitude of a suitor.

  3. Compagnie Generale v. Elting

    298 U.S. 217 (1936)   Cited 16 times

    CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. No. 6. Argued October 14, 1935. Decided May 18, 1936. 1. Section 20(a) of the Immigration Act of 1924 imposes a fine upon "the owner, charterer, agent, consignee or master" of any vessel arriving in the United States from any place outside, who fails to detain any alien seaman employed on such vessel, after inspection by the immigration officer in charge at the port of arrival, if required by such officer to do so. Held, that the

  4. The Carlo Poma

    255 U.S. 219 (1921)   Cited 20 times

    CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. No. 167. Argued January 26, 27, 1921. Decided February 28, 1921. An appeal does not lie to the Circuit Court of Appeals from a final decree of the District Court releasing a vessel upon the ground that its ownership and possession by a foreign power place it beyond the jurisdiction in admiralty. Jud. Code, ยงยง 128, 238. The Pesaro, ante, 216. 259 F. 369; decree vacated with direction to dismiss appeal from District Court. THIS was

  5. Wulfsohn v. Russian Republic

    234 N.Y. 372 (N.Y. 1923)   Cited 57 times
    In Wulfsohn v. Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic, 234 N.Y. 372, 138 N.E. 24 (1923), appeal dismissed, 266 U.S. 580, 45 S.Ct. 89, 69 L.Ed. 451 (1924), the same court which some months later decided the now famous Cibrario case upheld the claim of Soviet Russia, at that time not recognized by the United States, to sovereign immunity from suit.

  6. Nankivel v. Omsk All Russian Government

    142 N.E. 569 (N.Y. 1923)   Cited 23 times
    In Nankivel v. Omsk All Russian Government (237 N.Y. 150, 156) notice was taken that recent Russian history in considerable detail is a matter of common knowledge.

  7. Mason v. Intercolonial Railway

    197 Mass. 349 (Mass. 1908)   Cited 17 times

    January 6, 1908. February 26, 1908. Present: KNOWLTON, C.J., HAMMOND, LORING, SHELDON, RUGG, JJ. Practice, Civil, Suggestion by amicus curiae, Motion to dismiss. Jurisdiction. Foreign Sovereign. Intercolonial Railway of Canada. In an action of tort begun by trustee process in the Superior Court, the defendant did not appear, but a member of the bar of this Commonwealth, as a friend of the court, brought before the court a suggestion that the action be dismissed on the ground that the railroad described