[Download] "United States v. Stephen Brothers Line" by United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States v. Stephen Brothers Line
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Release Date : January 27, 1967
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
Description
Now in its sixth decade the Shipping Act of 1916 affords the basis for the first and only suit for severe civil penalties brought by the Government for failure of a water carrier in foreign commerce to file appropriate tariffs. A second count asserted like penalties under the Intercoastal Shipping Act, a later 1933 enactment. The Government lost both counts, the foreign commerce claim at the close of the Governments evidence, the second at the conclusion of the carriers case. The big issue as to each was whether the carriers activity was that of a common carrier by water, not a tramp or so-called contract or private carrier. We reverse as to the foreign commerce count but affirm as to domestic-interterritorial commerce.