Jacobsen v. United States
Jacobsen v. United States, 449 U.S. 838 (1980)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.
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(upholding state assertion of penal jurisdiction in situation wherein defendant used state licensed vessel to take swordfish in FCZ in violation of state regulations and no federal regulatory plan for swordfish had been implemented)
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("Prison officials estimate that 70-80% of inmates in Maximum are current drug users, including perhaps 40 heroin addicts. The traffic in contraband is a major cause of violence.")
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(Plaintiff was described as resembling a “hard-boiled egg,” as one who “had made but slight scratches on the face of the earth,” and as relentlessly small-town in fashion and horizon”)
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(evidence of rats, mice, and cockroaches throughout the food service area; mice droppings found in open containers of food; stoves and ventilation hoods were encrusted with grease and grime, etc.)
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(libel action; applying Texas law)
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