UNIVERSE TANKSHIPS, INC. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 251 of 1965.

336 F.Supp. 282 (1972)

UNIVERSE TANKSHIPS, INC. as owner of the ORE SATURN v. UNITED STATES of America v. Duval H. EVANS.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

January 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Palmer, Philadelphia, for plaintiff.

Harold Wilson, Trial Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Admiralty Div., Washington, D. C., Benjamin Stahl, Jr., Philadelphia, for defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT, DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

The Parties and Contentions

On February 10, 1964, the SS ORE SATURN, owned by the Universe Tankships, Inc., a corporation of the Republic of Liberia, ran aground in the upper Delaware River while transporting ore to the Fairless plant of the United States Steel Company located at Morrisville, Pennsylvania. This suit is brought against the United States under...

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