Ex Parte Hussein Lutfi Bey, 256 U.S. 616 (1921)

Name: Ex Parte Hussein Lutfi Bey, 256 U.S. 616 (1921) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Ex Parte Hussein Lutfi Bey

No. ___, Original

Motion submitted February 28, 1921
Decided June 6, 1921
256 U.S. 616

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF PROHIBITION

AND A WRIT OF MANDAMUS

Syllabus

1. The question whether a ship of a foreign government, which it uses and operates as a merchant vessel, is, within the waters of the United States, immune from process in admiralty suits to enforce claims for wharfage and supplies, and whether such immunity properly can be claimed for a ship of a government which has severed and not resumed diplomatic relation with the United States, are debatable questions. P. 618.

2. The granting or refusal of the writs of prohibition and mandamus to restrain and correct alleged excesses of jurisdiction by the district court in admiralty is discretionary when the jurisdiction of that court is debatable. P. 619.

Leave denied.

The facts are stated in the opinion, post,618.

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Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Ex Parte Hussein Lutfi Bey, 256 U.S. 616 (1921). cited in 1921, 256 U.S. 616, pp.256 U.S. 618. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=AI3E8HDPDN5UAQF.

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