AMERICAN-FOREIGN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Libelant-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
STOCKARD STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Libelant-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
A. H. BULL STEAMSHIP CO., Bull-Insular Line, Inc., Baltimore Insular Line, Inc., Libelants-Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
NEW YORK AND CUBA MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Libelant-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
DICHMANN, WRIGHT & PUGH, Inc., Libelant-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
POLARUS STEAMSHIP CO., Inc., Libelant-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
A. L. BURBANK & COMPANY, Ltd., Libelant-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
T. J. STEVENSON & CO., Inc., Libelant-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
NORTH ATLANTIC AND GULF STEAMSHIP CO., Libelant-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., Libelant-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
BLIDBERG ROTHCHILD CO., Inc., Libelant-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
FALL RIVER NAVIGATION CO., Libelant-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 15, 1957.
Original Opinion Filed September 25, 1957.
On Rehearing Decided July 28, 1958.
Petition for Rehearing Denied March 26, 1959.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
J. Franklin Fort, Kominers & Fort, Washington, D. C. (John Cunningham, Israel Convisser, Washington, D. C., and Edwin K. Reid, New York City, of counsel), for all libelants-appellants except American-Foreign S. S. Corp.
Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, New York City, of counsel, for North Atlantic & Gulf Steamship Co. and Luckenbach Steamship Co.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, of counsel for New York & Cuba Mail S. S. Co.
Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City, of counsel for Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc.
Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, of counsel for A. H. Bull S. S. Co., etc.
Lester Levin, New York City, of counsel for Polarus S. S. Co., Inc., A. L. Burbank & Co., Ltd., and T. J. Stevenson & Co., Inc.
Zock, Petrie, Sheneman & Reid, New York City, of counsel for Stockard S. S. Corp., Blidberg Rothchild Co., Inc., and Fall River Nav. Co. (Roberts & McInnis, Washington, D. C., Francis J. O'Brien, New York City, Charles B. McInnis, and Roger H. Muzzall, Washington, D. C., of counsel for Fall River Nav. Co.
Arthur M. Becker, Washington, D. C., Foley, James & Conran, New York City (Becker & Maguire and Gerald B. Greenwald, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for libelant-appellant American-Foreign S. S. Corp.
Benjamin H. Berman, Atty. in Charge, New York Office, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, New York City (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Arthur H. Christy, U. S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City, Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City, Leavenworth Colby, Chief, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and William E. Gwatkin, Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the briefs), for the United States.
Before MEDINA and HINCKS, Circuit Judges, and LEIBELL, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.
On Rehearing before Court en banc, Decided July 28, 1958.
Petition for Further Rehearing en banc Denied March 26, 1959.
HINCKS, Circuit Judge.
Each of the libelants herein chartered ships from the Government pursuant to the Merchant Ship Sales Act, 50 U.S. C.A.Appendix, § 1735 et seq., and agreed to various terms of a standard charter, which made the rental price depend in part on the amount of the profit realized by the charterer. The libelants...
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