First Circuit· 12/1/2010
United States v. Matos-Luchi
Citations
- 627 F.3d 1
- 2010 WL 4868650
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- stating that, in criminalizing drug trafficking in the MDLEA, Congress was \[i]nvoking its constitutional power\ under the Felonies Clause
- stating that a vessel \may be deemed 'stateless' . . . if it fails to display or carry insignia of nationality and seeks to avoid national identification\
- recounting that the MDLEA was “initially enacted in 1986 as 46 U.S.C. app. § 1903, and later relocated to its present code sections, 46 U.S.C. §§ 70501-70507.”
- \[A] refusal to claim nationality renders [an] unflagged vessel stateless and so within federal jurisdiction.\
- \[A] refusal to claim nationality renders [an] unflagged vessel stateless and so within federal jurisdiction.\
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Judges: Lynch, Boudin, Lipez
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