NORTHERN METAL CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 15070.

350 F.2d 833 (1965)

NORTHERN METAL CO., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Comisky, Blank, Rudenko, Klaus & Rome, Philadelphia, Pa. (John B. Brumbelow, Goncer M. Krestal, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Martin Jacobs, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Drew J. T. O'Keefe, U. S. Atty., Sherman L. Cohn, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HASTIE and FREEDMAN, Circuit Judges, and WEBER, District Judge.


FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of respondent on the ground that the libel was filed more than two years after the cause of action arose and thus was barred under the Suits in Admiralty Act, § 5, as amended, 46 U.S.C. § 745, which provides: "Suits as authorized by this chapter may be brought only within two years after the cause of action arises. * * *"

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