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PACIFIC-ATLANTIC S. S. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 5827.

175 F.2d 632 (1949)

PACIFIC-ATLANTIC S. S. CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES. THE OREGON.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Erskine, New York City (Baird, White & Lanning, Norfolk, Va., Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox & Keating, New York City, George M. Lanning, Norfolk, Va. and Eugene F. Gilligan, New York City, on the brief), for appellant Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Co.

Leonard J. Matteson, New York City (Vandeventer & Black, Norfolk, Va., Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, and Barron F. Black, Norfolk, Va., and Julian S. Gravely, Jr., New York City, on the brief), for appellant E. J. Lavino & Co.

Alfred T. Cluff, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen. (H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

The Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company, as owner of the American motorship Oregon filed under the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 781-799, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, a libel in admiralty against the United States, in connection with the sinking of the Oregon after a collision between that vessel and the New Mexico, a battleship of the United States Navy. Intervening libels were filed...

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