PRODUCTION STEEL COMPANY OF ILLINOIS v. SS FRANCOIS L. D.

No. 67 Civ. 525.

294 F.Supp. 200 (1968)

PRODUCTION STEEL COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v. SS FRANCOIS L. D., her engines, boilers, etc. and SS PARKDALE, her engines, boilers, etc., and Louis Dreyfus & Cie., Federal Commerce & Navigation Company, Westdale Shipping, Ltd. and Redwood Enterprises, Ltd., as joint owners of the SS Parkdale, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

December 31, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for plaintiff, F. Herbert Prem, New York City, of counsel.

Healy & Baillie, New York City, for defendant, Louis Dreyfus & Cie., Richard T. O'Connell, New York City, of counsel.

Hill, Betts, Yamaoka, Freehill & Longcope, New York City, for defendant, Federal Commerce & Navigation Co., Donald B. Allen, New York City, of counsel.


MANSFIELD, District Judge.

In this suit by the purchaser of steel shipped from Wales, U.K., to Chicago against owners and charterers of ships for damages to the shipment in transit, defendant Federal Commerce & Navigation Company ("Federal" herein), disponent of one of the ships, the S.S. Francois, moves pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 3 to stay trial with respect to it on the ground that plaintiff's claim against it is...

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