United States v. La Vengeance

United States v. La Vengeance, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 297 (1796), was a 1796 decision of the United States Supreme Court which found that a proceeding by the United States to forfeit a vessel is a cause of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. Specifically, "[a]n injunction to enforce the forfeiture of a vessel, for an illegal exportation of arms and ammunition, is a civil cause of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The courts will take judicial notice of a geographical fact."[1]

United States v. La Vengeance
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued August 10, 1796 Decided August 11, 1796
Full case name	United States v. La Vengeance
Citations	3 U.S. 297 (more) 3 Dall. 297; 1 L. Ed. 610; 1796 U.S. LEXIS 402
Case history
Prior	Error from the Circuit Court for the District of New York
Holding
A proceeding by the United States to forfeit a vessel is a cause of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, and courts will take judicial notice of a geographical fact.
Court membership
Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth Associate Justices James Wilson · William Cushing James Iredell · William Paterson Samuel Chase
Case opinion
Majority	Elsworth, joined by unanimous

References

1. Reports of cases ruled and adjudged in the several courts of the United States, and of Pennsylvania: held at the seat of the federal government, Volume 3 (Banks Law Pub. Co., 1905) pg. 297

External links

• Text of United States v. La Vengeance, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 297 (1796) is available from:  Justia  Library of Congress  OpenJurist