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O'REILLY De CAMARA v. BROOKE

No. 104.

209 U.S. 45 (1908)

28 S.Ct. 439

52 L.Ed. 676

MARIA FRANCISCA O'REILLY De CAMARA, COUNTESS OF BUENA VISTA, v. BROOKE, MAJOR GENERAL, U.S.A.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 16, 1908.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic R. Coudert, with whom Mr. Paul Fuller, Mr. Crammond Kennedy and Mr. Howard Thayer Kingsbury were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Russell for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the District Court dismissing a complaint purporting to be brought under Rev. Stat. § 563, the sixteenth clause of which gives the District Courts jurisdiction "of all suits brought by any alien for a tort `only' in violation of the law of nations, or of a treaty of the United States." 142 Fed. Rep. 858. See 135 Fed...

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