ORIENT MID-EAST LINES, INC. v. COOPERATIVE FOR A. R. E., INC.

Nos. 6-65, 7-65, 22-65, 34-65.

284 F.Supp. 34 (1967)

ORIENT MID-EAST LINES, INC., Plaintiff, v. COOPERATIVE FOR AMERICAN RELIEF EVERYWHERE, INC., Seventh Day Adventist Welfare Service, Inc., Church World Service, Inc., and Lutheran World Relief, Inc., Defendants, and United States of America, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

Supplemental Opinion February 20, 1968.

Final Decree February 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wharton Poor, New York City, Marvin Coles, Stanley O. Sher, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Allen Van Emmerik, Dept. of Justice, E. Grey Lewis, Asst. U. S. Atty., David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for defendants.


OPINION

CORCORAN, District Judge.

This consolidated action is in the nature of a libel in admiralty for money due on bills of lading.

I. THE PARTIES

The plaintiff Orient Mid-East Lines, Inc. is incorporated under the laws of Panama. At all times pertinent hereto it was the owner of the S.S. ORIENT MERCHANT and the time-charterer of the M.S. OLAU GORM.

The defendants, Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere, Inc. (CARE), Seventh...

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