Task: songer_applfrom

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to identify the type of district court decision or judgment appealed from (i.e., the nature of the decision below in the district court).

PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court for the District of Rhode Island, forfeiting the British steam screw Gemma. The court helow in a careful opinion (13 F.[2d] 149) found that in May, 1925, the Gemma cleared from Halifax, N. S., bound for Havana, with a cargo of ale, stout, and whisky; that she transferred a substantial part of this cargo, within 12 miles of the shore, near Long Island, Me., to the American steamship Van, which brought the liquor into Boston; that in September, 1925, the Gemma cleared from Yarmouth, N. S., with a cargo of whisky, and landed this whisky at Searsport, Me.; that in January, 1926, she arrived within the limits of the collection district of Rhode Island, in the Sakonnet river, and departed before report or entry, contrary to the provisions of section 586, title IV, Tariff Act of 1922 (Comp. St. § 5841h5).
The case is here on a record of over 100 pages. Fourteen witnesses were called by the government. The claimant called no witnesses. There are 18 assignments of error, 13 of which involve trifling objections to evidence; the other 5 assignments involve groundless contentions that the evidence did not warrant the findings made. The contentions are all without merit, and entirely frivolous.
The decree of the District Court is affirmed, with costs.

Question: What is the type of district court decision or judgment appealed from (i.e., the nature of the decision below in the district court)?
A. Trial (either jury or bench trial)
B. Injunction or denial of injunction or stay of injunction
C. Summary judgment or denial of summary judgment
D. Guilty plea or denial of motion to withdraw plea
E. Dismissal (include dismissal of petition for habeas corpus)
F. Appeals of post judgment orders (e.g., attorneys' fees, costs, damages, JNOV - judgment nothwithstanding the verdict)
G. Appeal of post settlement orders
H. Not a final judgment: interlocutory appeal
I. Not a final judgment: mandamus
J. Other (e.g., pre-trial orders, rulings on motions, directed verdicts) or could not determine nature of final judgment
K. Does not fit any of the above categories, but opinion mentions a "trial judge"
L. Not applicable (e.g., decision below was by a federal administrative agency, tax court)
Answer:

Answer: A