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Prize Cases, 67 U.S. (2 Black) 635 (1863), was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1862 during the American Civil War.The Supreme Court's decision declared the blockade of the Southern ports ordered by President Abraham Lincoln constitutional.
In the Prize Cases, 67 U.S. (2 Black) 635 (1863) the Supreme Court held, 5-4, that the blockade of the Southern ports ordered by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War was constitutional. The blockade of the South resulted in the capture of dozens of American and foreign ships, both those attempting to run the highly efficient ...
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During the American Civil War, Grier discontinued circuit riding in 1862, and in 1863 wrote the opinion on the Prize Cases, which declared that Lincoln's blockade of Southern ports was constitutional. In the moments leading up to the Civil War, President Lincoln refused to ask Congress to officially declare war.
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The owners of the vessels appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, citing a centuries-long tradition of nations exempting fishing vessels from prize capture, even during war. At the time of capture, neither vessel had evidence of aiding the enemy, no arms were found on board, and no attempts were made to run the blockade or to resist capture.