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PAPAGIANAKIS v. THE SAMOS

No. 6139.

186 F.2d 257 (1950)

PAPAGIANAKIS et al. v. The SAMOS et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burt M. Morewitz, Newport News, Va. (J. L. Morewitz and Morewitz & Morewitz, all of Newport News, Va., on brief), for appellants.

John P. Harper, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., and Hugh S. Meredith, Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer & Black, Norfolk, Va., and George R. Humrickhouse, U. S. Atty., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal in a suit against immigration officials and against a vessel, her master and owners, asking damages on the ground of false imprisonment. The appellants, who were libelants in the court below, are two Greek seamen, Andreas Papagianakis and Zafiras Kymos, who arrived in the port of Norfolk on June 29, 1949, as members of the crew of the Greek vessel "Samos." On inspecting the crew of the vessel, Harold G. Lamoureaux, Immigration...

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