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MOBIL TANKERS COMPANY v. MENE GRANDE OIL COMPANY

No. 1845.

236 F.Supp. 362 (1964)

MOBIL TANKERS COMPANY, S. A., a corporation of the Republic of Panama, Avenida Tivoli No. 14, Panama, R. P. bare boat chartered owner in possession and operator of the Panamanian FLAG VESSEL MOBIL ASTRAL, Libellant, v. MENE GRANDE OIL COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Respondent.

United States District Court D. Delaware.

Supplemental Opinion December 16, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Snellenburg, II, of Killoran & Van Brunt, Wilmington, Del., and John W. Knox, New York City, for libellant. John W. Knox, Peter H. Ghee, New York City, and David Snellenburg, II, Wilmington, Del., of counsel.

David B. Coxe, Jr., Coxe, Booker, Walls & Cobin, Wilmington, Del., and Burlingham, Underwood, Barron, Wright & White, Frederick L. Scofield, New York City, for respondent. Eugene Underwood, Frederick L. Scofield, and Joseph C. Smith, New York City, of counsel.

LAYTON, District Judge.

The question here presented arises from an exception by respondent to libellant's libel upon the ground that the familiar Admiralty principle of forum non conveniens requires that jurisdiction in this District should be declined and libellant relegated to the courts of Venezuela for relief.

FINDINGS OF FACT1

(1) Libellant (Mobil Tankers) is a...

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