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AMERICAN BANK OF WAGE CL. v. REGISTRY OF DIST. CT. OF GUAM

Nos. 22711, 22854.

431 F.2d 1215 (1970)

AMERICAN BANK OF WAGE CLAIMS, Appellant, v. REGISTRY OF the DISTRICT COURT OF GUAM, Appellee. NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. REGISTRY OF the DISTRICT COURT OF GUAM, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 21, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene H. Bramhall (argued), W. Scott Barrett, Walter S. Ferenz, of Barrett, Ferenz & Bramhall, Agana, Guam and Oakland, Cal., for appellants.

Allan J. Weiss (argued), Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Section, San Francisco, Cal., John F. Meadows, Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Dept., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James P. Alger, U. S. Atty., Duane K. Crase, Acting U. S. Atty., Harold Burnett, Atty. Gen. of Guam, Agana, Guam, for appellee.

Before HUFSTEDLER and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges, and PENCE, District Judge.

PENCE, District Judge:

These actions, consolidated on appeal, are two of at least seven related cases filed in the District Court of Guam, sitting in admiralty, arising out of the misfortunes of the M/S Galveston Navigator. Appellants, American Bank of Wage Claims (American Bank) and National Western Life Insurance Company (National Western), appeal from orders of the trial court relating to the assignment of priority to admiralty claims and the payment of those claims...

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