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Luckenbach Steamship Company v. United States, 280 U.S. 173 (1930)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Luckenbach Steamship Company v. United States, 280 U.S. 173 (1930)
Luckenbach Steamship Company v. United States No. 49 Argued December 4, 5, 1929 Decided January 6, 1930 280 U.S. 173
CERTIORARI TO TH COURT OF CLAIMS
Syllabus
1. Ports in the Canal Zone are to be regarded as foreign ports within the meaning of Rev.Stats. § 4009, U.S.Code, Title 39, § 654, dealing with the compensation allowable for transportation of mail, by United States ships, between the United States and "any foreign port." P. 177.
So held because of a long continued legislative and administrative construction of the section in its application to the Canal Zone, and without regard to whether, under the treaty of cession, titular sovereignty over the Zone remains in the Republic of Panama.
2. In case of ambiguity, a construction of a statute by the department charged with its execution should be favored by the courts, and, where such construction has been acted on for a number of years, they will look with disfavor upon any sudden change whereby parties who have contracted with the government on the faith of it may be prejudiced. P. 182.
66 Ct.Cls. 679 reversed.
Certiorari, 279 U.S. 831, to review a judgment dismissing a claim for a balance due the steamship company for transporting mails.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Luckenbach Steamship Company v. United States, 280 U.S. 173 (1930) in 280 U.S. 173 280 U.S. 176. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=G2SU6RD2PIYPVV9.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Luckenbach Steamship Company v. United States, 280 U.S. 173 (1930), in 280 U.S. 173, page 280 U.S. 176. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=G2SU6RD2PIYPVV9.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Luckenbach Steamship Company v. United States, 280 U.S. 173 (1930). cited in 1930, 280 U.S. 173, pp.280 U.S. 176. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=G2SU6RD2PIYPVV9.
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