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PETITION OF UNITED STATES

No. 140, Docket 21192.

172 F.2d 355 (1949)

Petition of UNITED STATES. THE SPRING HILL. HEIER et al. v. PANAMA TRANSPORT CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

January 31, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner, of New York City (Jack Steinman, of New York City, of counsel), for appellants.

Kirlin Campbell Hickox & Keating, of New York City (Raymond Parmer, of New York City, of counsel), for appellee Panama Transport Co.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CLARK, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.

FRANK, Circuit Judge.

Ordinarily the trial judge has discretion to permit the filing of later claims in an admiralty proceeding, at least as long as the fund has not been entirely distributed or a final decree entered. Meyer v. New England Fish Co., 9 Cir., 136 F.2d 315; Petition of Chester A. Poling, Inc., D.C.E. D.N.Y., 51 F.Supp. 375.

Since the appellants are Norwegian seamen, uninformed...

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