MT STANDARD OILER v. HAMBURG-AMERICA LINE

No. 21551.

396 F.2d 115 (1968)

The MT STANDARD OILER her engines, tackle, apparel and appurtenances, and Standard Oil Company of California, a Corp., Appellant, v. HAMBURG-AMERICA LINE, a Corp., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Buxton (argued), Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, S. J. Madden, Thomas E. Haven, Gordon L. Graham, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Walter M. Schey (argued), Graham, James & Rolph, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, POPE and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


POPE, Circuit Judge.

This proceeding arose out of a collision in Suisun Bay between the M/V "VOGTLAND", a German Flag vessel of the Hamburg-America Line, a corporation, and the M/T "STANDARD OILER", owned by the Standard Oil Company of California.

Suisun Bay can be described as a lower extension of the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River, tributary to San Pablo Bay and San Francisco Bay.1 The Standard Oiler was enroute to Antioch...

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