The Steamship Appam

The Steamship Appam
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 15–16, 1917
Decided March 6, 1917
Full case nameHans Berg, Prize Master in charge of the Prize Ship "Appam," and L. M. Von Schilling, Vice-Consul of the German Empire v. British & African Steam Navigation Co.
Hans Berg, Prize Master in charge of the Prize Ship "Appam," and L. M. Von Schilling, Vice-Consul of the German Empire v. Henry G. Harrison, Master of the Steamship "Appam"
Citations243 U.S. 124 (more)
37 S. Ct. 337; 61 L. Ed. 633; 1917 U.S. LEXIS 2102
Holding
The court affirmed the decision of Federal Judge Edmund Waddill of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to release SS Appam to her British owners.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Edward D. White
Associate Justices
Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.
William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter
Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds
Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Case opinion
MajorityDay, joined by unanimous court

The Steamship Appam, 243 U.S. 124 (1917), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court affirmed a lower court's decision to restore the British prize of a German warship to the British owners.[1][2]

  1. ^ Burchard, Arthur (1917). "The Case of the "Appam" and the Law of Nations". American Journal of International Law. 11 (2): 270–301. doi:10.2307/2188050. ISSN 0002-9300.
  2. ^ Coudert, Frederic R. (1917). "The Appam Case". American Journal of International Law. 11 (2): 302–314. doi:10.2307/2188051. ISSN 0002-9300.