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MEACHAM CORP. v. UNITED STATES

No. 6580.

207 F.2d 535 (1953)

MEACHAM CORP. et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 8, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Gay, Richmond, Va. (Hunton, Williams, Anderson, Gay & Moore, Richmond, Va., Baird, White & Lanning, Edward R. Baird, Norfolk, Va., and H. Merrill Pasco, Richmond, Va., on the brief), for appellants.

Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Leavenworth Colby, Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen. (Paul A. Sweeney, Melvin Richter, Cornelius J. Peck, J. Frank Staley, Thomas F. McGovern and Patrick F. Cooney, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken from a judgment of the District Court in a suit in admiralty whereby the tanker Meacham, which formerly belonged to the United States, was condemned and forfeited to the United States1 on the ground that the ship had been transferred to aliens in violation of Sections 2 and 9 of the Shipping Act of 1916 as amended, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 802, 808, and that the transfer had not been reported...

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