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" Who is the sovereign, de jure or de facto, of a territory is not a judicial, but is a political question, the determination of which by the legislative and executive departments of any government conclusively binds the judges, as well as all other officers,... "
Des stipulations et des legs de rentes perpétuelles et viagères ... - Page 56
by Charles-Joseph-Félix Brunet, Charles Brunet - 1890 - 210 pages
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Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States, Volume 66

United States. Court of Claims - Law reports, digests, etc - 1929 - 868 pages
...212, it is said that the question of " who is the sovereign, de jure or de facto, of a territory is not a judicial but a political question, the determination...affirmed under a great variety of circumstances." (See also Pearcy v. Stranahan, 205 US 265, 273.) The plaintiff also contends that because certain officers...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 63

Law - 1901 - 510 pages
...binding on the president, the secretary of war and all other executive officers, and conclusive upon " the judges, as well as all other officers, citizens and subjects of the government " (137 US 212). The same reasoning applies to naturalization and bankruptcy. Hence none...
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 257-258

Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 2026 pages
...L. Ed. 691), the Supreme Court said : "Who is the sovereign, de jure or de facto, of a territory Is not a judicial. but a political, question, the determination...affirmed under a great variety of circumstances." And again, on page 214 of 137 US, on page 84 of 11 Sup. Ct. (34 L. Ed. 691), the court said: "All courts...
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The Federal Reporter, Volume 116

Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1128 pages
...committed there. Mr. Justice Gray says : "Who is the sovereign, de jure or de facto, of a territory is not a judicial, but a political question, the determination...officers, citizens and subjects of that government." In other words, the court, inferentially at least, seems to recognize the right of the legislative...
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The Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 11

Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 1200 pages
...ISLANDS — JURISDICTION OP FEDERAL COURTS. 1. Who is the sovereign de Jure or de facto of a territory is not a judicial but a political question, the determination...departments of any government conclusively binds the courts. 2. Dominion of new territory may be acquired by discovery and occupation as well as by cession...
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United States Reports: ... and Rules Announced at ...

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 784 pages
...fit over territory so acquired. Ib. 11. Who is the sovereign, de jure or de facto, of a territory is not a judicial, but a political question, the determination...officers, citizens and subjects of that government. ll>. 12. Courts of justice are bound to take judicial notice of the territorial extent of the jurisdiction...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 137

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1890 - 790 pages
...sees tit over territory so acquired. Who is the sovereign, dv jure or <le facto, of a territory is not a judicial, but a political question, the determination...officers, citizens and subjects of that government. Courts of justice are bound to take judicial notice of the territorial extent of the jurisdiction exercised...
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Fur-seal Arbitration: Appendix to the Case of the United States ..., Volume 1

United States - Aleutian Islands (Alaska) - 1892 - 868 pages
...Justice Gray, the law is thus stated: "Who is the sovereign de jure, or tie fact», of a territory is not a judicial but a political question, the determination...has always been upheld by this court and has been atnrmed under agréât variety of circumstances (Gelston ¡?*. Hoyt, 3 Wheat., 240, 324; United States...
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Appendix to The Case of the United States Before the Tribunal of ..., Volume 1

United States - Bering Sea controversy - 1892 - 900 pages
...Justice Gray, the law is thus stated: " Who is the sovereign <le jure or de facto, of a territory is not a judicial but a political question, the determination of which by the legislative and executive depart mentsof any government conclusively binds the judges as well as all other officers, citizens,...
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Cases on Constitutional Law: With Notes, Part 1

James Bradley Thayer - Constitutional law - 1894 - 470 pages
...v. Albany Ins. Co., 109 Mass. 24, 31. Who is the sovereign, de jure or de facto, of a territory is not a judicial, but a political question, the determination...been affirmed under a great variety of circumstances. . . . Judgment affirmed. IN RE ROSS. SUPREME CODRT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1890. [140 US 453.] THE petitioner...
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