Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1950-06-05

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Mr. Justice Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court. The question before us is the propriety of an order of the District Court for the Canal Zone vacating a foreign attachment of a vessel made in a libel in personam. We granted certiorari because important questions relating to the scope of admiralty jurisdiction and its exercise…

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