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WONG WING FAI CO., S.A. v. U.S.

No. 86-2515.

840 F.2d 1462 (1988)

WONG WING FAI COMPANY, S.A., Plaintiff/Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mattaniah Eytan, Kaplan, Russin, Vecchi, Eytan & Collins, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff/appellant.

Paul Gary Sterling, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Torts Branch, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant/appellee.

Before NORRIS and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and STEPHENS, Jr., District Judge.

STEPHENS, Senior District Judge:

This appeal involves a time charter between the plaintiff, Wong Wing Fai Company, owner and operator of the oil tanker VIRA 8, and the defendant, the Military Sealift Command of the United States Navy (hereinafter usually referred to as "the Navy"). The district court had jurisdiction under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 741-752. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 1294(1).

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