Supreme Court of the United States, 1918

Porto Rico v. Tapia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 21, 1918

245 U.S. 639; 38 S. Ct. 192; 62 L. Ed. 525; 1918 U.S. LEXIS 1648 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Edward S. Bailey, Mr. Samuel T. Ansell, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Warren and Mr. Robert Szold for appellants., Mr. Willis Sweet and Mr. Francis H. Dexter for appellee.

Cases that cite this one

11 later published cases cite this decision.

Porto Rico Brokerage Co. v. United States (Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1935)
Williamson v. Alldridge (United States District Court, Oklahoma Western 1970)
Fermin Fonseca Flores v. Robert R. Prann, Jaime Fardonk Vazquez v. Porto Rico Lighterage Co., Roberto Galindo Ramos v. San Juan Dredging Corporation (1st Cir. 1960)
Lastra v. New York & Porto Rico S. S. Co. (1st Cir. 1924)
Porto Rico Brokerage Co. v. United States (Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1934)
United Porto Rican Sugar Co. v. District Court of Humacao (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico 1933)
United Porto Rican Sugar Co. v. Corte de Distrito de Humacao (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico 1933)
New York & Porto Rico S. S. Co. v. Benedicto (District Court, D. Puerto Rico 1921)
Pueblo v. Balzac (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico 1920)
Hernández de Ramery v. People (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico 1918)
de Ramery v. Pueblo (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico 1918)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Judgment reversed upon the authority of Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U. S. 244; Hawaii v. Mankichi, 190 U. S. 197; Dorr v. United States, 195 U. S. 138; Rassmussen v. United States, 197 U. S. 516; Kopel v. Bingham, 211 U. S. 468; Dowdell v. United States, 221 U. S. 91; Porto Rico v. Rosaly, 227 U. S. 270, 274; Ocampo v. United States, 234 U. S. 91, 98.

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