In Re Cooper, Petitioner

Summary

The Court denied prohibition because the Alaska District Court had admiralty jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceeding, the record supported jurisdiction, and the petitioner had an adequate appellate remedy that became ineffective through his own failure to obtain appropriate findings. The Court also held that final judgments and decrees of the Alaska District Court were reviewable by appeal in the same manner as comparable judgments from other courts, with appellate review limited to legal questions when the trial court had found the facts. The opinion further explained that the Court would not use prohibition to resolve a broader dispute committed to the political departments while diplomatic negotiations were pending.