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WEYERHAEUSER STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 27359.

174 F.Supp. 663 (1959)

WEYERHAEUSER STEAMSHIP COMPANY, a corporation, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent. UNITED STATES of America, Cross-Libelant, v. WEYERHAEUSER STEAMSHIP COMPANY, a corporation, Cross-Respondent. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., a corporation, and Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., a corporation, Intervening Libelants.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

July 2, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graham, James & Rolph, San Francisco, Cal., for libelant and cross-respondent Weyerhaeuser.

Robert H. Schnacke, U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., Keith R. Ferguson, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., John F. Meadows, Atty., Admiralty and Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for the United States.

Derby, Cook, Quinby & Tweedt, San Francisco, Cal., for intervening libelant.

ROCHE, District Judge.

This is an action by libelant, owner of the F. E. Weyerhaeuser, brought under the provisions of Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq., against respondent, owner of the Pacific, for damages sustained by the Weyerhaeuser in a collision between the two vessels. Cross-libel by respondent for damages suffered by the Pacific.

At 5:30 P.M. on September 8, 1955, the Weyerhaeuser, a steel "Liberty" type cargo vessel 441 feet long...

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