Unites States v. Guinet’s Empirical Analysis
2 U.S. 321 · 1795
Citation profile
3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1897
3 district ·
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Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘‘Section 5283 is designed in general to secure our neutrality between foreign belligerent powers. But there can be no obligation of neutrality except towards some recognized state or power de jure or de facto. Neutrality presupposes two belligerents at least, and, as respects any recognition of belligerency, — i. e. of belligerent rights, — the judiciary must follow the executive. To fall within 1he statute, the vessel must he intended to be employed in the service of one foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of another with which the United States are at peace. The United Stales can hardly be said to be at peace in the sense of the statute, with a faction which they are unwilling to recognize as a government; nor could the cruising or committing of hostilities against such a mere faction well be said to be committing hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of a district or people, within tire meaning of the statute. So, on the other hand, a vessel, in entering the service of the opposite faction of Ilippolyte, could hardly be said to enter the service of a foreign prince or state, or of a colony, district, or people, unless our government had recognized Hippolyte’s faction as at least constituting a belligerent, which it does not appear to have done.-’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.