33 U.S.C. § 450
Section 450 · Liability of vessel
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeño Indians v. Jewell (2013)
Most recently applied in Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeño Indians v. Jewell (September 2013)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Any boat or vessel used or employed in violating any provision of this subchapter, shall be liable to the pecuniary penalties imposed thereby, and may be proceeded against, summarily by way of libel in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof.
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Codification
Section was enacted as part of section 4 of act June 29, 1888, which enacted sections 449 and 450 of this title.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Admiralty and maritime rules of practice (which included libel procedures) were superseded, and civil and admiralty procedures in United States district courts were unified, effective July 1, 1966, see rule 1 and Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.