Case Name: FOSTER v. SIMMONS
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-06
Citations: 9 F. Cas. 579
Docket Number: Case No. 4,983
Parties: FOSTER v. SIMMONS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 9
Pages: 579–579

Head Matter:
Case No. 4,983.
FOSTER v. SIMMONS.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 316.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
June Term, 1806.
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
(nem. con.) refused the instruction, saying that they must take the whole act, or no part of it. If this construction be not given to the statute, there is no law to prevent the importation of slaves into the District of Columbia. It was the intention of congress to continue in force in this part of the District all the laws as the?' then existed.