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Legal Citation: 274 U.S. 559 (1927)

Petitioner
United States

Respondent
Lee, et al.

Petitioner's Claim
That the Coast Guard's search and seizure of an American vessel on the high seas more that 12 miles from land and the subsequent arrest of persons on the vessel for violations of the Tariff Act and the National Prohibition Act was lawful.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
John G. Sargent, U.S. Attorney General

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
None

Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis (writing for the Court), Pierce Butler, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Clark McReynolds, Edward Terry Sanford, Harlan Fiske Stone, George Sutherland, William Howard Taft, Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
31 May 1927

Decision
The...