COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 853, 854, Dockets 74-2159, 74-2678.

522 F.2d 148 (1975)

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RED STAR TOWING & TRANSPORTATION CO., INC., et al., and TUGS KATHLEEN TRACY AND BRONX 4, their engines, tackle, etc., in rem, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence Gargan, Atty., Admiralty and Shipping Section, New York (Carla Anderson Hills, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., Gilbert S. Fleischer, Atty. in Charge, Admiralty and Shipping Section, New York City, of counsel), for defendant and third-party plaintiff-appellant United States.

David C. Wood, New York City (Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant Compagnie Generale Transatlantique.

Stephen J. Buckley, New York City (McHugh, Heckman, Smith & Leonard, New York City, of counsel), for third-party defendant-appellee Red Star Towing & Transportation Co., Inc.

Edward J. Ryan, New York City (Martin & Ryan and Krisel, Beck & Halberg, New York City, of counsel), for third-party defendant-appellee Bronx Towing Line, Inc.

Before MOORE and MANSFIELD, and HOLDEN,


PER CURIAM:

The United States Government appeals from an unreported decision and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Kevin T. Duffy, Judge, holding it solely liable for damage caused to the SS FRANCE while moored on the north side of Pier 88, North River, in New York harbor, when it was struck amidships by the bow of the United States Naval vessel USS RALEIGH, which was being moved from the north side to the south...

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