STATES MARINE CORP. OF DELAWARE v. UNITED STATES

No. 36, Docket 25129.

283 F.2d 776 (1960)

STATES MARINE CORPORATION OF DELAWARE, Libelant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 22, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City (William E. Fuller, John F. Gerity, New York City, of counsel), for libelant-appellant.

George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., S. Hazard Gillespie, U. S. Atty., Southern Dist. of New York, New York City, Morton Hollander, Howard E. Shapiro, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondent-appellee.

Before HINCKS, WATERMAN and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

Libelant, a time charterer of the SS Alcoa Pegasus, carried government-owned cargo to Inchon, Korea, under a space-charter contract between it and the United States. From December 9 to December 13, 1954, this cargo was discharged at Inchon by a stevedore contractor retained by the Government for the purpose. Libelant sets forth in its libel that during the discharge 358 feet of the vessel's fitted sweat battens were destroyed by longshoremen...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases