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- Caselaw Access Project
- Licence
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- Held here since
- 26 September 2026
Version
- Decided
- 1 May 1784
- Later treatment
- Not cited by any later authority here
- Jurisdiction
- United States — Federal
Authority
- Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Citation
- 2 U.S. 40
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The decision
- Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Decided
- 1784-05-01
Headnote
May Session, 1784. Bain, et. al. Appellants, versus, Schooner Speedwell, et. al. Appellees. THIS was an appeal from the Admiralty of the State of Rhode Island, where the Schooner had been condemned as prize; and the record was submitted to the decision of the Court, without argument. On the 24th of May, 1784, GRIFFIN, READ, and LOWELL, the presiding Commissioners, delivered the following judgment:
Judgment
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