United States v. Robert Morris Postal, Salem L. Forsythe, and George A. Chitty

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1979-02-15

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TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge: This case presents a consequential issue of international and domestic law that has been noted in this circuit but not yet authoritatively decided: whether a court of the United States can assert jurisdiction over persons arrested aboard a foreign vessel seized beyond the twelve-mile limit in violation of a p…

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