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UNITED STATES v. THE ADRASTUS

No. 273, Docket 22010.

190 F.2d 883 (1951)

UNITED STATES v. The ADRASTUS et al. OCEAN S. S. CO., Limited, v. UNITED STATES. THE GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving H. Saypol, U. S. Atty., New York City, Edward R. Downing, New York City, of counsel, for appellant.

Haight, Deming, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, proctors for Ocean S.S. Co., Ltd., and The Adrastus; David L. Corbin, New York City, advocate.

Before CHASE, CLARK and FRANK, Circuit Judges.

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

This controversy grew out of a wartime collision between the British S.S. Adrastus, owned by The Ocean Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and the George Westinghouse, a Liberty ship owned by the United States. The United States sued the Adrastus and her owner, who filed a cross libel against the United States, each party charging the other to have been solely at fault. The trial court found no actionable fault on the part of either and dismissed the libels...

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