US Explores Reviving Wartime 'Prize Courts' to Handle Captured Iranian Oil and Ships

US Looks To Revive 'Prize Courts' For Iranian Oil Seizures

US Looks To Revive 'Prize Courts' For Iranian Oil Seizures The US government is exploring an unusual legal route for dealing with Iranian oil and ships captured as part of its blockade: bringing back a wartime maritime system that has barely been used for generations, according to Bloomberg. The Justice Department, working with the Pentagon, is preparing to use prize law, which historically allowed courts to decide whether vessels and cargo captured during armed conflict could l...

By Tyler Durden