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· 5/18/1896

Steamer Coquitlam v. United States

Citations

  • 163 U.S. 346
  • 16 S. Ct. 1117
  • 41 L. Ed. 184
  • 1896 U.S. LEXIS 2273
  • 1 Alaska Fed. 457

Syllabus

<p>The District Court of Alaska is to be regarded as the Supreme Court of that Territory, within the meaning of the 15th section of the act of March 3,1891, c. 517, 26 Stat. 826, and of the order of this court assigning Alaska to the Ninth Circuit; and the decree of the District Court of Alaska is subject to review by the Circuit Court of Appeals of that circuit.</p>

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  • discussing Coquitlam and subsequent congressional changes to Territorial Alaska’s court system

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Judges: Harlan

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