United States v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien Gesellschaft

Assistant to the Attorney General G. Carroll Todd and Special Assistant to the Attorney General Thurlow M. Gordon for the United States.

Messrs. Charles P. Spooner, John C. Spooner, and James L. Bishop for the Hamburg-American Steamship Company et al.

Messrs. Lucius H. Beers and Allan B. A. Bradley for the Cunard Steamship Company et al.

Messrs. Charles C. Burlingham and Roscoe H. Hupper for the American Line et al.

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Messrs. Joseph Larocque, William G. Choate, and Nelson Shipman for the North German Lloyd et al.

Mr. Ralph James M. Bullowa for the Russian East Asiatic Steamship Company et al.

Mr. Chief Justice White delivered the opinion of the court: