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PETITION OF SOCONY VACUUM TRANSP. CO.

Nos. A135-268, A138-213, A141-136. A147-338, A152-9.

93 F.Supp. 718 (1950)

Petition of SOCONY VACUUM TRANSP. CO., Limited, and four other cases. THE VOCO. THE CHOAPA. THE EMPIRE GARRICK. THE BRITISH HARMONY.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

April 7, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Knox, and Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, New York City, by John W. Knox, Paul Speer, and Leo Hanan, New York City, for Socony Vacuum Transp. Co., Limited.

Bingham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, by Richard F. Shaw, New York City, for Cargo Claimants Commodity Credit Corp.

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox & Keating, New York City, by Robert S. Erskine and John F. Gerity, New York City, for Compania Sud-Americana de Vapores.

John F. X. McGohey, United States Attorney, New York City, by Max Taylor, Special Asst. to the Attorney General, for Leslie Bentley and United States as owner of the John P. Poe.

Reid, Cunningham & Freehill, New York City, by Herbert P. Reid, New York City, for British Tanker Co., Ltd.

BONDY, District Judge.

These five suits arise out of four collisions that took place during the existence of dense fog in the wartime swept channel approach to New York Harbor.

In the first proceeding, the Socony Vacuum Transportation Company, Ltd., as owner of the S. S. Voco, seeks exoneration from or limitation of liability. Claims for damage have been filed in this proceeding by the Compania Sud-Americana de Vapores, as charterer and bailee in possession...

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