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Transportes Maritimos Do Estado v. Almeida, 265 U.S. 104 (1924)
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Transportes Maritimos Do Estado v. Almeida, 265 U.S. 104 (1924)
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Transportes Maritimos do Estado v. Almeida No. 265 Submitted April 30, 1924 Decided May 12, 1924 265 U.S. 104
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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1. The defense of sovereign immunity by a defendant in the district court does not present a question of federal jurisdiction reviewable here on direct appeal. Oliver American Trading Co. v. United States of Mexico, 264 U.S. 440. P. 105.
2. This is equally true whether the claim of immunity be contested because of the character of the defendant or because the immunity is alleged to have been waived. Id.
Writ of error dismissed and cause transferred.
Error to a judgment of the District Court for the plaintiff, Almeida, in his action for wages as a seaman.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Transportes Maritimos Do Estado v. Almeida, 265 U.S. 104 (1924) in 265 U.S. 104 Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JZJVYDZBBUFEHYF.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Transportes Maritimos Do Estado v. Almeida, 265 U.S. 104 (1924), in 265 U.S. 104, Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JZJVYDZBBUFEHYF.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Transportes Maritimos Do Estado v. Almeida, 265 U.S. 104 (1924). cited in 1924, 265 U.S. 104. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JZJVYDZBBUFEHYF.
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