33 U.S.C. § 383
Resistance of pirates by merchant vessels
The commander and crew of any merchant vessel of the United States, owned wholly, or in part, by a citizen thereof, may oppose and defend against any aggression, search, restraint, depredation, or seizure, which shall be attempted upon such vessel, or upon any other vessel so owned, by the commander or crew of any armed vessel whatsoever, not being a public armed vessel of some nation in amity with the United States, and may subdue and capture the same; and may also retake any vessel so owned which may have been captured by the commander or crew of any such armed vessel, and send the same into any port of the United States.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1991–2014 · leading case: Francisco Martin v. One Bronze Rod, 581 F. App'x 744 (11th Cir. 2014).
Francisco Martin v. One Bronze Rod, 581 F. App'x 744 (11th Cir. 2014). “Martin filed a verified amended complaint in the district court, which included a salvage claim pursuant to the law of salvage, a forfeiture claim pursuant to 33 U.S.C. §§ 383 , 384, and 385, 1 and possessory and ownership claims pursuant to the law of finds.”
Military Use of Infrared Radars Tech. to Assist Civilian Law Enf't Agencies (OLC 1991). “continued) § 2232 (distinguishing between “searches" and "electronic surveillance” and prohibiting “ Physical Inter ference With Search” ); 33 U.S.C § 383 (“The commander and crew of any merchant vessel o f the U nited States .”
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