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In the Matter of the S.S. Atlantida

2 I&N Dec. 571 (B.I.A. 1944)
In the Matter of the S.S. Atlantida

5 Cited authorities

  1. Sloan Shipyards v. U.S. Fleet Corp.

    258 U.S. 549 (1922)   Cited 206 times
    Finding that, although government officers may act as instrumentalities of the government, a government agent, "because he is an agent, does not cease to be answerable for his acts"

  2. The Western Maid

    257 U.S. 419 (1922)   Cited 111 times

    PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF PROHIBITION AND/OR MANDAMUS. Nos. 21, 22, 23, Original. Argued December 12, 13, 1921. Decided January 3, 1922. 1. Neither upon general principle nor under § 9 of the Shipping Act of September 7, 1916, or § 4 of the "Suits in Admiralty" Act of March 9, 1920, is the United States liable for a collision committed by a vessel while owned by it absolutely or pro hac vice and employed by it in public and government purposes. P. 431. 2. Held, that a vessel owned by the United States

  3. Schillinger v. United States

    155 U.S. 163 (1894)   Cited 156 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Tucker Act did not waive sovereign immunity for suits against the government sounding in tort

  4. Peabody v. United States

    231 U.S. 530 (1913)   Cited 48 times
    In Peabody, the Supreme Court held that the landowners' apprehension that the government would fire artillery from a battery near the landowners' property, combined with a loss of value in the property attributed to the proximity of the battery, did not constitute a taking because the guns had not been fired for several years.

  5. Bigby v. United States

    188 U.S. 400 (1903)   Cited 48 times

    ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. No. 111. Argued December 4, 5, 1902. Decided February 23, 1903. There is no contract, express or implied, which can be made the basis for jurisdiction by a United States Circuit Court under the act of Congress of March 3, 1887, known as the Tucker Act, between the United States and a person who, while properly in a government building, sustains injuries by the fall of an elevator belonging to the government and