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WEST v. UNITED STATES

No. 12507.

256 F.2d 671 (1958)

Edgar Allen WEST, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, United States Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration (Respondents), (Atlantic Port Contractors, Inc., Impleaded Respondent).

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa. (Joseph Weiner, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Carl C. Davis, Washington, D. C., for U. S. (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., G. Clinton Fogwell, Jr., U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., Leavenworth Colby, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., George Jaffin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, New York City, Harold K. Wood, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief).

Thomson F. Edwards, Philadelphia, Pa., for Atlantic Port Contractors (John B. Hannum, 3rd, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief).

Before MARIS, GOODRICH and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the respondent in a personal injury case brought by the libelant against the United States as owner of a ship called "S.S. Mary Austin." The case is here for the second time. Following the first hearing, we sent it back to the district court for a further finding which has been made, 3 Cir., 1957, 246 F.2d 443. The case comes...

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