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· 2/26/1813

United States v. The South Carolina

Citations

  • 27 F. Cas. 1273
  • 1813 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “consent decrees are subject to equitable defenses and not legal defenses such as the statute of limitations”
  • placing the burden of proving an affirmative defense on the defendant
  • “Although the parties did not include the District Court record in their joint appendix, this Court may take judicial notice of its existence and its contents.” (citing Farrell v. People, 54 V.I. 600, 615–16 (V.I. 2011))

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Judges: Peters

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