The Thomas Jefferson (1825)

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U.S. Supreme Court decision admiralty law case maritime law case

The Thomas Jefferson (1825) was a landmark early U.S. Supreme Court admiralty decision that limited federal maritime jurisdiction to tidewaters before later being overturned.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court decision ⓘ admiralty law case ⓘ maritime law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	admiralty law ⓘ maritime law ⓘ
citationStatus	no longer good law on the scope of admiralty jurisdiction ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionYear	1825 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early leading case on the geographic limits of U.S. admiralty jurisdiction ⓘ
holding	federal admiralty jurisdiction is limited to tidewaters ⓘ
impact	temporarily restricted the scope of federal maritime jurisdiction in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal admiralty jurisdiction ⓘ
legalStatus	overruled precedent ⓘ
overruledBy	The Genesee Chief (1851) NERFINISHED ⓘ
principle	maritime jurisdiction depends on the locality of the waters ⓘ non-tidal inland waters fall outside federal admiralty jurisdiction ⓘ
subjectMatter	distinction between tidewaters and inland waters for admiralty purposes ⓘ maritime jurisdiction over waters within the United States ⓘ
subsequentTreatment	its tidewater limitation was rejected by later Supreme Court jurisprudence ⓘ

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Opinion in The Genesee Chief v. Fitzhugh (1851) → overruledPrecedent → The Thomas Jefferson (1825) ⓘ