CHINA UNION LINES, LTD. v. STATES STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 20920.

378 F.2d 356 (1967)

CHINA UNION LINES, LTD., and SS UNION STAR, Appellants, v. STATES STEAMSHIP COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

June 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graham, James & Rolph, Alexander D. Calhoun, Jr., Stanley F. Gillmar, David C. Phillips, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants.

Lillick, Geary, Wheat, Adams & Charles, Willard G. Gilson, D. Thomas McCune, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, MERRILL, and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.


WASHINGTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

In the morning of August 26, 1960, in the mouth of the Saigon River, about one mile from shore, China Union Lines' motor vessel, The Union Star, registered by the Republic of China, was in collision with appellee's steam turbine-driven vessel Illinois, registered by the United States. Each vessel sustained substantial damage. A libel was filed by appellee in 1963 in the District Court for...

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