Skiriotes v. Florida
United States Supreme Court
313 U.S. 69 (1941)
- Written by Carolyn Strutton, JD
Facts
Lambiris Skiriotes (defendant) was a Florida resident and a deep-sea diver who fished for sea sponges commercially off the Florida coast. Skiriotes was convicted of violating a Florida state law that prohibited using certain diving equipment while harvesting sponges within Florida’s claimed territorial waters. A federal law regulated the size of sponges that could be harvested, and the Florida law further restricted sponge harvesting by restricting the type of equipment that could legally be used. Skiriotes appealed his conviction. In his appeal, Skiriotes contended that his conviction violated international law and constitutional law under a variety of theories. The Supreme Court of Florida upheld his conviction, and Skiriotes’s appeal then came before the United States Supreme Court.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Hughes, C.J.)
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