public vessel
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 303 U.S. 68 - The Navemar Compania Espanola De Navegacion Maritima Sa v. The Navemar · 1938Most cited · 239 citing opinions
a vessel of a friendly government in its possession and service is a public vessel, even though engaged in the carriage of merchandise for hire, and as such is immune from suit in the courts of admiralty of the United States
How often courts cite the case defining “public vessel”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “public vessel” — 239 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.