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STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW JERSEY v. UNITED STATES

121 F.Supp. 770 (1952)

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW JERSEY v. UNITED STATES (two cases). UNITED STATES v. ESSO STANDARD OIL CO. THE ESSO MANHATTAN.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

October 14, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, Ira A. Campbell, Raymond T. Greene, Elmer C. Maddy, New York City, for libelant.

Myles J. Lane, U. S. Atty., New York City, Edward L. Smith, Gilbert S. Fleischer, Attorneys Department of Justice, New York City, for United States.

WRIGHT, District Judge.

These actions which have been consolidated for trial are cross-suits arising out of the break-up of the Tanker Esso Manhattan on March 29, 1943 while outbound in ballast in the swept channel approach to New York harbor. The central issue involved is whether the breakup of the vessel was due to a war risk.

The Esso Manhattan is a standard T-2 tankship built to government design for the Standard Oil Company. She was completed in August...

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