KOUFOPANTELIS v. CIA. DE NAV. SAN GEORGE, S.A.

Nos. 174-177, 134, Dockets 26526-26529, 26288.

291 F.2d 709 (1961)

Ioannis KOUFOPANTELIS et al., Libellants-Appellees, v. CIA. DE NAV. SAN GEORGE, S.A., Respondent-Appellant. Fanorios PANTELOGLOU, Libellant-Appellee, v. CIA. DE NAV. SAN GEORGE, S.A., Respondent-Appellant. Diamantis DRAKOPOULOS et al., Libellants-Appellees, v. CIA. DE NAV. SAN GEORGE, S.A., Respondent-Appellant. Spiridon BARDIS, Libellant-Appellee, v. CIA. DE NAV. SAN GEORGE, S.A., Respondent-Appellant. Ioannis KOUFOPANTELIS et al., Judgment Creditors-Appellees, v. CIA. DE NAV. SAN GEORGE, S.A., Judgment Debtor, SANTA MARIA SHIPOWNING & TRADING COMPANY, S.A., et al., Third-Party Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Whalen, New York City, for appellants.

Chadbourne, O'Neill & Thomson, New York City, for Santa Maria Shipowning & Trading Co. and others.

Herbert Lebovici, Issaac Salem, New York City, for libellants-appellees.

Alfange & Friedman, New York City, for third-party-appellant Cargo & Tankship Management Corp., Philip A. Friedman, New York City, of counsel.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and WATERMAN and HAND, Circuit Judges.


HAND, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from four decrees of Cashin, J., in suits in admiralty, each refusing to reopen decrees taken by default in favor of the libellants in four suits to recover seamen's wages. There were six libellants in each of two of the suits and one libellant in each of the other two. In all the suits the claims were for wages, statutory penalties for delay in payment of wages, unlawful discharge or other claims for the payment of specified...

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