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SOUTHEASTERN OIL DELAWARE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 48963, 48964, 49443.

109 F.Supp. 395 (1953)

SOUTHEASTERN OIL DELAWARE, Inc. v. UNITED STATES (two cases). PACO TANKERS, Inc. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 13, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Zito, Washington, D. C., Robert S. Hope, J. Franklin Fort and Marvin J. Coles, Washington, D. C., on the briefs, for plaintiffs.

Ernest C. Baynard, Washington, D. C., Holmes Baldridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Anthony N. Zock, New York City, Edwin K. Reid, New York City, on the brief, amicus curiae.

MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff companies purchased Liberty ship tanker vessels from the United States Maritime Commission, pursuant to the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, 60 Stat. 41, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1735 et seq. The vessels, as delivered to them, were not in a condition which entitled them to be certified by the United States Coast Guard for operation as oil carrying tankers. Without that certification, they could not be lawfully operated as tankers. The...

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