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UNITED STATES v. COAMO

No. 47.

267 U.S. 220 (1925)

45 S.Ct. 237

69 L.Ed. 582

UNITED STATES v. STEAMSHIP "COAMO," HER ENGINES, ETC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Otis, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. George Ross Hull, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Ray Rood Allen, with whom Mr. Charles C. Burlingham was on the brief, for the Steamship "Coamo."

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, c. 29, § 10; 39 Stat. 874, 881, makes it the duty of every person, including owners, officers, and agents of vessels or transportation lines, &c., bringing aliens to ports of the United States to prevent the landing of such aliens at any time or place other than as designated by the immigration officers, and failure to comply with the requirements of the section...

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