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VASSOS v. SOCIETA TRANS-OCEANICA CANOPUS, S.A.

No. 39, Docket 24812.

272 F.2d 182 (1959)

Christos VASSOS, Libelant-Appellant, v. SOCIETA TRANS-OCEANICA CANOPUS, S.A., Mar-Trade Corporation and The S.S. CANOPUS, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 19, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner, New York City, for libelant-appellant.

Victor S. Cichanowicz, of Giallorenzi & Cichanowicz, New York City, for respondents-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and HINCKS and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Libelant, an alien seaman, seeks redress for personal injuries allegedly sustained on May 15, 1949, while aboard the S.S. Canopus, a vessel of Panamanian registry. In a reasoned opinion, D.C. S.D.N.Y., 143 F.Supp. 945, Judge Bicks sustained exceptions to the libel because of a previous decision in 1954 by Judge Edelstein in a civil action between the parties as well as in the exercise of independent discretion to decline...

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