ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 248, Docket 23446.

221 F.2d 805 (1955)

ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY, as Owner of THE S.S. ESSO CHARLESTON, Libelant-Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin S. Murphy, New York City (Kirlin, Campbell & Keating and Raymond T. Greene, New York City, on the brief), for libelant-appellant.

Benjamin Forman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Samuel D. Slade, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and J. Edward Lumbard, U. S. Atty. for the Southern Dist. of N. Y., New York City, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and FRANK and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

We think that District Judge Murphy correctly interpreted and applied Standard Oil Co. of N. J. v. United States, 340 U.S. 54, 71 S.Ct. 135, 95 L. Ed. 68, affirming United States v. Standard Oil Co. of N. J., 2 Cir., 178 F.2d 488, and are content to affirm on his opinion, D.C.S.D.N.Y., 122 F.Supp. 109

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