Piracy under law of nations
United States Code
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- 2026Suhail Al Shimari v. CACI Premier Technology, Inc. 4th Cir.
- 2025April Chandler v. Mark Skipper C.D. Cal.
- 2025RICHARDSON v. United States D.N.J.
- 2025Bayside Wellness Physical Therapy, P.C. v. Double Why Design, Inc. E.D.N.Y
- 2024United States v. Abdi Osman 4th Cir.
- 2024Arakji v. Abbott Laboratories N.D. Cal.
- 2023Fenderson v. United States S.D. Ill.
- 2022(PC) Driver v. Kern County Superior Court E.D. Cal.
- 2022Woodley v. Warden of USP-Allenwood M.D. Penn.
- 2022Burale v. Nash 5th Cir.
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Whoever, on the high seas, commits the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards brought into or found in the United States, shall be imprisoned for life. (Source: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 774.))