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UNITED NEW YORK SANDY HOOK PILOTS' ASS'N v. UNITED STATES

191 F.Supp. 893 (1961)

UNITED NEW YORK SANDY HOOK PILOTS' ASSOCIATION and The United New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots' Association, etc., Libelants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 8, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Downing, New York City, proctor for libelants.

Morton S. Robson, U. S. Atty., for the Southern District of New York, New York City, proctor for respondent; Louis E. Greco, Atty. in Charge, Admiralty and Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., by Walter L. Hopkins, Atty., Admiralty and Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, New York City, of counsel.

DAWSON, District Judge.

This is a motion made by the Government to dismiss a libel brought under the provisions of the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 781-790. The Government contends that the statute of limitations has run on the claim.

The libelants, The United New York Sandy Hook Pilots' Association and The United New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots' Association, are the joint owners of the pilot boat "New York." The libel alleges that on May 30,...

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