[1258] Knox _v._ Lee (Legal Tender Cases), 12 Wall. 457, 540 (1871).

[1259] 40 Stat. 276 (1917).

[1260] Ibid. 272.

[1261] Ibid. 411.

[1262] Ibid. 451 (1918).

[1263] Ibid. 904.

[1264] 55 Stat. 236 (1941).

[1265] 56 Stat. 176 (1942).

[1266] Ibid. 23.

[1267] 57 Stat. 163 (1943).

[1268] Lichter _v._ United States, 334 U.S. 742, 754-756, 765, 766 (1948). _See also_ United States _v._ Bethlehem Steel Corp., 315 U.S.

289, 305 (1942); Clallam County _v._ United States, 263 U.S. 341 (1923); Sloan Shipyards _v._ United States Fleet Corp., 258 U.S. 549 (1922).

[1269] Lichter _v._ United States, 334 U.S. 742, 779 (1948).

[1270] 245 U.S. 366, 389 (1918).

[1271] Yakus _v._ United States, 321 U.S. 414, 424 (1944).

[1272] 21 Wall. 73 (1875).

[1273] Ibid. 96-97. _Cf._ United States _v._ Chemical Foundation, 272 U.S. 1 (1926).

[1274] 320 U.S. 81 (1943).

[1275] Ibid. 91-92, 104.

[1276] Ibid. 104.

[1277] 334 U.S. 742 (1948).

[1278] Ibid. 778-779.

[1279] Ibid. 782-783.

[1280] Story Commentaries on the Const.i.tution, II, -- 1185 (4th ed., 1873).

[1281] 297 U.S. 288 (1936).

[1282] 39 Stat. 166 (1916).

[1283] 297 U.S. 288, 327-328 (1936).

[1284] 60 Stat. 755 (1946).

[1285] Stewart _v._ Kahn, 11 Wall. 493, 507 (1871). _See also_ Mayfield _v._ Richards, 115 U.S. 137 (1885).

[1286] 251 U.S. 146, 163 (1919). _See also_ Ruppert _v._ Caffey, 251 U.S. 264 (1920).

[1287] Block _v._ Hirsh, 256 U.S. 135 (1921).

[1288] Chastleton Corp. _v._ Sinclair, 264 U.S. 543 (1924).

[1289] 333 U.S. 138 (1948). _See also_ Fleming _v._ Mohawk Wrecking & Lumber Co., 331 U.S. 111 (1947).

[1290] 333 U.S. 138, 143-144 (1948).

[1291] Ludecke _v._ Watkins, 335 U.S. 160, 170 (1948).

[1292] 100 U.S. 158 (1880).

[1293] Ibid. 170.

[1294] 4 Wall. 2 (1866).

[1295] Ibid. 127.

[1296] Ibid. 132, 138.

[1297] 327 U.S. 304 (1946).

[1298] 8 Cr. 110 (1814). _See also_ Conrad _v._ Waples, 96 U.S. 279, 284 (1878).

[1299] Miller _v._ United States, 11 Wall. 268 (1871).

[1300] Stoehr _v._ Wallace, 255 U.S. 239 (1921); Central Union Trust Co.

_v._ Garvan, 254 U.S. 554 (1921); United States _v._ Chemical Foundation, 272 U.S. 1 (1926); Silesian-American Corp. _v._ Clark, 332 U.S. 469 (1947); Cities Service Co. _v._ McGrath, 342 U.S. 330 (1952).

[1301] The "Siren," 13 Wall. 389 (1871).

[1302] The "Hampton," 5 Wall. 372, 376 (1867).

[1303] The "Paquete Habana," 175 U.S. 677, 700, 711 (1900).

[1304] Block _v._ Hirsh, 256 U.S. 135, 156, 157 (1921).

[1305] Bowles _v._ Willingham, 321 U.S. 503, 519 (1944).

[1306] Ibid. 521.