1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 125 F.Supp.
  5. 125 F.Supp. 214 (1954)
 

UNITED STATES v. NIARCHOS

No. 685-53.

125 F.Supp. 214 (1954)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Stavros NIARCHOS, Ambrose Capparis, George Trypanis, George Emmanuel, Constantine Emmanuel, alias Costa Emmanuel, Mary Dracopoulos, David R. Dorn, Robert A. Murphy, Compania Internacional de Vapores Ltda., a corporation, North American Shipping and Trading Company, Inc., a corporation, Delaware Tanker Corporation, a corporation, Joseph E. Casey, E. Stanley Klein, Julius C. Holmes, American Overseas Tanker Corporation, a corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

September 9, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo A. Rover, Allen J. Krouse, J. Frank Cunningham, Howard F. Smith, Frederick W. Becker, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Edward B. Williams, William E. Leahy, Wm. J. Hughes, Jr., Henry T. Rathbun, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.

This is one of a series of cases arising out of the disposition of surplus vessels after the Second World War. At that time there were many surplus vessels which had been built to carry supplies and troops. As a result Congress passed The Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1735 et seq., which gave authority to the Maritime Commission to sell the vessels and set a price formula for the Commission to follow in

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases