TRANSATLANTIC FINANCING CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 19632.

363 F.2d 312 (1966)

TRANSATLANTIC FINANCING CORPORATION, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Morton Liftin, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Robert C. McDiarmid, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. John W. Douglas and Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and David L. Rose, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before DANAHER, WRIGHT and McGowan, Circuit Judges.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves a voyage charter between Transatlantic Financing Corporation, operator of the SS CHRISTOS, and the United States covering carriage of a full cargo of wheat from a United States Gulf port to a safe port in Iran. The District Court dismissed a libel filed by Transatlantic against the United States for costs attributable to the ship's diversion from the normal sea route caused by the closing of the Suez Canal. We...

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