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EASTERN S. S. LINES v. UNITED STATES

No. 4535.

187 F.2d 956 (1951)

EASTERN S. S. LINES, Inc. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

March 23, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Santry, Boston, Mass. (Richard Bancroft, Boston, Mass., with him on the brief), for appellant.

J. Frank Staley, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (George F. Garrity, U. S. Atty., and Edward O. Gourdin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass., and Patrick F. Cooney, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, WOODBURY, Circuit Judge, and CLIFFORD, District Judge.

MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.

Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., appeals from a final order of the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissing a libel in admiralty for lack of jurisdiction. 91 F.Supp. 214.

Libelant sought to recover damages in the sum of $5,000,000 as the estimated expenditures which would be necessary to recondition its vessel, the S.S. Acadia, for...

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