The Palmyra

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• affirming forfeiture of privateering vessel because the acts of the crew bound owner whether innocent or guilty
• upholding forfeiture of ship by owner where he did not know it was used for privateering
• “In the contempla- tion of the common law, the offender’s right was not de- vested until the conviction”
• “the proceeding in rem stands independent of, and wholly unaffected by, any criminal proceeding in personam ”
• force is excessive if used “maliciously and sadistically to cause harm” (citation 26 omitted)
• affirming the 27 continued viability of this doctrine post-Winter

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).