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RICH v. NAVIERA VACUBA, S. A.

No. 8448.

295 F.2d 24 (1961)

James RICH and Walter Precha, Libellants, and Nick Daratsakis, Intervening Libellant, Appellants, v. NAVIERA VACUBA S. A., and Republic of Cuba, Respondents, Appellees. MAYAN LINES S. A., Libellant, Appellant, v. REPUBLIC OF CUBA and THE M/V BAHIA DE NIPE et al., Respondents, Appellees. UNITED FRUIT SUGAR COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Libellant, Appellant, v. 5,000 TONS OF SUGAR, in rem, now laden on board THE M/V BAHIA DE NIPE, now in Lynnhaven Roads, Virginia, and Augustin Albella, acting master, in personam, Respondents, Appellees. Jorge NAVARRO, Omar Parets, Jaime Merchan, Enrique Cardonne, Matias Barraza, Ricardo Alvarez, Jeronimo Mayordomo, Ramon Tocoronte, Juan Mazola, Everardo Amarante, Iluminado Leyva, Libellants, Appellants, v. THE M/V BAHIA DE NIPE, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 7, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa. (Sidney Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellants, Rich and Precha.

Edward L. Breeden, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Robert R. MacMillan, Breeden, Howard & MacMillan, Norfolk, Va., and Cobb & Wright, New Orleans, La., on brief), for appellant, Mayan Lines, S. A.

Braden Vandeventer, Jr., Norfolk, Va., and Robert C. Barnard, Washington, D. C. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., Morton M. Winston, and Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant, United Fruit Sugar Co.

William H. Orrick, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Morton Hollander, John G. Laughlin and Edward A. Groobert, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for the United States of America.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and BRYAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The vessel Bahia de Nipe sailed on August 8, 1961, from Cuba with a cargo of 5,000 bags of sugar destined for a Russian port. When on August 17 the ship was about 300 miles east of Bermuda the master and ten of his crewmen put the rest of the crew under restraint, turned the vessel towards Hampton Roads, Virginia, and notified the Coast Guard of their intention to seek asylum in the United States. As they crossed...

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