UNITED STATES v. WEYERHAEUSER STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 17187.

294 F.2d 179 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. WEYERHAEUSER STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. H. Orrick, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., John G. Laughlin and W. Harold Bigham, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Laurence E. Dayton, U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Graham, James & Rolph, by Henry R. Rolph, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, BARNES and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge.

This case arises in admiralty upon a libel against the United States, and a cross-libel filed by the United States. The district court thus had jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1345 and 1346, and 46 U.S.C.A. § 782. A final decree was entered below, and this court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

On September 8, 1955, appellee's vessel, the S.S.F.E. Weyerhaeuser, collided with appellant's vessel, the United...

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