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TEXACO EXPORT, INC. v. OVERSEAS TANKSHIP CORP.

Nos. 308, 438, Dockets 77-7358, 77-7382.

573 F.2d 717 (1978)

TEXACO EXPORT, INC., and Chevron Oil Sales Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OVERSEAS TANKSHIP CORP., Defendant, and Getty Tankers Ltd., Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STEAMSHIP CORP., Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GETTY OIL CO., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas J. Healy, New York City (Allan A. Baillie, John D. Kimball, Healy & Baillie, New York City, of counsel), for appellants Texaco Export, Inc. and Chevron Oil Sales Co.

James M. Estabrook, New York City (Robert A. Hulten, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, of counsel), for appellee Getty Tankers Ltd. and third party appellant Getty Oil Co.

Max Taylor, New York City (Raymond J. Burke, Burke & Parsons, New York City, of counsel), for third party appellee United Steamship Corp.

Before MULLIGAN, OAKES and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

The transactions which form the basis of these appeals illustrate the Byzantine complexity of international oil dealings as practiced by the major oil companies, the so-called "Seven Sisters." Beneath the corporate mosaics, however, lie relatively simple damage claims which, in the case of the principal appeal, turn upon questions of contractual interpretation and, in the case of the third party appeal, are readily solved

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