ATLANTIC PIPE LINE COMPANY v. DREDGE PHILADELPHIA

Nos. 15729-15734.

366 F.2d 780 (1966)

ATLANTIC PIPE LINE COMPANY v. DREDGE PHILADELPHIA, Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Apparel, Etc., and American Dredging Company, Owner of the Dredge Philadelphia. Atlantic Pipe Line Company, Appellant in No. 15729. Dredge Philadelphia and American Dredging Company, Appellants in No. 15730. The ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY v. DREDGE PHILADELPHIA, Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Apparel, Etc., and American Dredging Company, Owner of the Dredge Philadelphia. The Atlantic Refining Company, Appellant in No. 15731. Dredge Philadelphia and American Dredging Company, Appellants in No. 15732. UNITED STATES of America v. The ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY, Atlantic Pipe Line Company, and DREDGE PHILADELPHIA and American Dredging Company. The Atlantic Refining Company and Atlantic Pipe Line Company, Appellants in No. 15733. Dredge Philadelphia and American Dredging Company, Appellants in No. 15734.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Mount, Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa. (Paul D. Hardy, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Atlantic Pipe Line Co. and Atlantic Refining Co.

Mark D. Alspach, Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, (Leslie C. Krusen, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Dredge Philadelphia and American Dredging Co.

Florence Wayman Roisman, atty., Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D. C., (John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Drew J. T. O'Keefe, U. S. Atty., Alan S. Rosenthal, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the Government.

Before MARIS, McLAUGHLIN and KALODNER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

These are six appeals from an interlocutory decree entered by the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in three admiralty suits which had been consolidated in that court for trial. 247 F.Supp. 857. One suit was brought by Atlantic Pipe Line Company against the Dredge Philadelphia and her owner, American Dredging Company. Another was brought against the same defendants...

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