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PACIFIC WHALING CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 26.

187 U.S. 447 (1903)

23 S.Ct. 154

47 L.Ed. 253

PACIFIC STEAM WHALING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.M. Stocklager for appellant. Mr. W.W. Dudley, Mr. L.T. Michener, Mr. J.F. Malony, Mr. J.H. Cobb, Mr. George C. Heard, Mr. John R. Wynne and Mr. John G. Heid were on the briefs.

Mr. Solicitor General Richards for the United States. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Beck was with him on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The proceeding in this case is a novel one, and the first question is whether there was any action or suit — any case within the constitutional provision, Article III, sec. 2, extending the judicial power of the United States "to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution" — in which was entered a...

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