VICTRIX S.S. CO., S.A. v. SALEN DRY CARGO A.B.

No. 583 Docket 86-7827.

825 F.2d 709 (1987)

VICTRIX STEAMSHIP CO., S.A., Plaintiff-Appellant, Insurance Co. of North America, Plaintiff, v. SALEN DRY CARGO A.B., Defendant-Appellee, M/V SEATRANSPORT, her engines, etc., Continental Maritime, Inc., and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., as Garnishee, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Gutowski, New York City (Wayne D. Meehan, Freehill, Hogan & Mahar, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Donald J. Kennedy, New York City (Paul E. O'Brien, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before NEWMAN, MINER and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the issue whether comity considerations oblige the courts of this country to defer to a bankruptcy proceeding of another country as to the enforcement of an arbitration award and a money judgment based on maritime claims entered against the bankrupt in a third country. The issue arises on an appeal by Victrix Steamship Company, S.A. ("Victrix") from an order of the District...

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