ARCHAWSKI v. HANIOTI

No. 319, Docket 23566.

223 F.2d 406 (1955)

R. V. ARCHAWSKI et al., Libellants-Appellees, v. Basil HANIOTI, etc., et al., Respondents, Basil Hanioti, etc., Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry D. Graham, New York City, for libellants-appellees.

Leonard Altschul, New York City (Samuel Bader, New York City, of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

Before FRANK, MEDINA and HINCKS, Circuit Judges.


MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

The record before us presents a maze of complications, procedural and otherwise. Of the various points raised, however, it is necessary to discuss but one, as we have concluded that there was no jurisdiction in admiralty and, there being no other alleged basis of federal competence, the case must be dismissed.

The libel, by several hundred prospective passengers on the "City of Athens", a vessel of Honduran registry, names as respondent...

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