 | William Whiting - Martial law - 2002 - 364 pages
...pronounced will of the legislature." Taney CJ says: " The legislative and executive branches having'decided the question, the courts of the United States were...shall, in its correspondence with a foreign nation, assyme a fact in regard to the sovereignty of any island or country, it is conclusive on the judicial... | |
 | Elihu Lauterpacht, C. J. Greenwood, A. G. Oppenheimer - Law - 2002 - 748 pages
...Executive Branch. See, eg, Williams v. Suffolk Ins. Co., 38 US (13 Pet.) 415, 420, 10 L.Ed. 226 (1839) ("[W]hen the executive branch of the government, which is charged with our foreign relations, shall . . . assume a fact in regard to the sovereignty of any island or country, it is conclusive on the... | |
 | United States - 1921 - 1334 pages
...Supreme Court of the United States (13 Pet., 415). Mr. Justice McLean said (p. 420) : And there can be no doubt that when the executive branch of the Government,...department. And in this view it is not material to inquire, nor is it the province of the court to determine, whether the Executive be right or wrong. It is enough... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1034 pages
...L. Ed. 915; Bunkle v. US, 122 US 543, 557, 7 Sup. Ct. 1141, 30 L. Ed. 1167. The State department is the executive branch of the government which is charged with our foreign relations, and the secretary of State as the head of that department is the usual channel of communication with... | |
 | Kansas. Supreme Court, Elliot V. Banks, William Craw Webb, Asa Maxson Fitz Randolph, Gasper Christopher Clemens, Thomas Emmet Dewey, Llewellyn James Graham, Oscar Leopold Moore, Earl Hilton Hatcher, Howard Franklin McCue - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 900 pages
...Co., 13 Pet. 420, Mr. Justice McLean, delivering the opinion of the court, says: "And can there be any doubt that, when the executive branch of the government, which is charged with her foreign relations, shall in its correspondence with a foreign nation assume a fact in regard to... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 1336 pages
...original claim of the company was of international and not of municipal jurisdiction, and belongs to the executive branch of the government, which is charged with our foreign relations. Williams v. Suffolk Ins. Go. 13 Pet. 420, 10 L. ed. 228; United States v. Diekelman, 92 US 520, 23... | |
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And can there be any doubt, that when the executive branch of the government, which is charged with our foreign relations, shall in its correspondence with a foreign nation assume a fact in regard to the sovereignty of any island or country, it is conclusive... 
