SAINT JOHN MARINE CO. v. U.S.

No. 1317, Docket 95-6247.

92 F.3d 39 (1996)

SAINT JOHN MARINE CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack S. Rockafellow, United States Department of Justice, New York City (Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo White, United States Attorney, Janis G. Schulmeisters, Attorney in Charge, Torts Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, New York City, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

John C. Koster, New York City (Catherine N. Niarchos, Healy & Baillie, New York City, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before WINTER, JACOBS, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Saint John Marine Co., owner of the vessel M/V Saint John, entered into a time charter party with Afram Lines (International) Inc., which in turn entered into a subvoyage charter party with the Agency for International Development, an agency of the United States Government. The time charter party included a common provision that secures the charter hire by giving the shipowner a lien on the subfreights owed to Afram. It is stipulated...

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