...the laws of the flag state. The Court cited an opinion by Chief Justice John Marshall, stating that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other construction remains . . . ."e It stated that the LMRA should not be extended to this delicate area...

...Canal tolls controversy.20 The courts are bound by acts of Congress, but said Chief Justice Marshall, " an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." 21 With this principle Marshall construed the broad jurisdiction over offenses at sea conferred by...

...Canal tolls controversy.20 The courts are bound by acts of Congress, but said Chief Justice Marshall, " an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." 21 With this principle Marshall construed the broad jurisdiction over offenses at sea conferred by...

...Canal tolls controversy.20 The courts are bound by acts of Congress, but said Chief Justice Marshall, " an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." 21 With this principle Marshall construed the broad jurisdiction over offenses at sea conferred by...

...statute. But, as was observed in the case of The Charming Betsey (2 Cranch, 64), decided in 1804, " an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains." A few years later Chief Justice Marshall, in the case of The Nereide (9 Cranch, 388), declared that...

...Canal tolls controversy.20 The courts are bound by acts of Congress, but said Chief Justice Marshall, " an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." 21 With this principle Marshall construed the broad jurisdiction over offenses at sea conferred by...

...and, as said by Chief Justice Marshall, in Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy, 2 Cranch 64, 118: . . . an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains. . . . That the Government has full power under the Volstead Act to prevent the landing or transhipment...

...as said by Chief Justice Marshall, in Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy, 2 Cranch, 64, 118: " . . . an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains. . . ." That the Government has full power under the Volstead Act to prevent the landing or transshipment...

...providing a rule different from that laid down by international law, the only observation made being that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." In The Nereide* Marshall again declared: "Till an act [of Congress] be passed the court is bound by...

...and, as said by Chief Justice Marshall, in Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy (2 Cranch 64, 118): * * * an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains. * * * That the Government has full power under the Volstead Act to prevent the landing or transshipment...