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COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 181-184.

51 F.2d 1053 (1931)

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE v. UNITED STATES (three cases). INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE MARINE CO., Inc., v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

July 7, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Manley, Acting U. S. Atty., of New York City (George B. Schoonmaker, Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for the United States.

Joseph P. Nolan, of New York City, and Roger O'Donnell, of Washington, D. C., for appellee Compagnie Generale Transatlantique.

John M. Lyons, of New York City, and Roger O'Donnell, of Washington, D. C., for appellee International Mercantile Marine Co., Inc.

Before MANTON, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The foregoing actions were brought by the respective steamship companies to recover sums of money paid by them as fines imposed by the Secretary of Labor under the provisions of section 9 of the Immigration Act of 1917 (39 Stat. 880). During the period from June 8, 1920, to December 22, 1921, inclusive, the plaintiffs brought to the United States eighty aliens, all except one of whom were found to be illiterate; the remaining one having...

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