 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,...  United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules ... - Page 257by United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1907Full view - About this book
 | United States. Court of Claims - Law reports, digests, etc - 1929 - 868 pages
...States, 137 US 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,...officers, citizens, and subjects of that government. This principle has always been upheld by this court, and has been affirmed under a great variety of... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 2026 pages
...page 83 (34 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,...officers, citizens, and subjects of that government. This principle has always been upheld by this court, and has been affirmed under a great variety of... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1128 pages
...of a crime 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,...officers, citizens and subjects of that government." In other words, the court, inferentially at least, seems to recognize the right of the legislative... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 1200 pages
...QCANO 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,...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... | |
 | Charles-Joseph-Félix Brunet, Charles Brunet - France - 1890 - 1204 pages
...written by Mr. Justice Gray, the law is thus stated: Who is the sovereign de jure or dt facto of a territory is not a judicial, but a political, question,...officers, citizens, and subjects of that government. This principle has always lieen upheld by this court, and has l>een affirmed under a great variety... | |
 | United States - Aleutian Islands (Alaska) - 1892 - 870 pages
...written by Mr. 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,...officers, citizens, and subjects of that Government. This principle has always been upheld by this court and has been atnrmed under agréât variety of... | |
 | United States - Bering Sea controversy - 1892 - 900 pages
...written by Mr. 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,...determination of which by the legislative and executive depart mentsof any government conclusively binds the judges as well as all other officers, citizens,... | |
 | James Bradley Thayer - Constitutional law - 1894 - 470 pages
...300 ; Whiton 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,...officers, citizens, and subjects of that government. This principle has always been upheld by this court, and has been affirmed under a great variety of... | |
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