American Eastern Corporation v. United States

Full title: AMERICAN EASTERN CORPORATION, Libelant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Date published: Apr 19, 1956

231 F.2d 664 (2d Cir. 1956)

Opinion

No. 270, Docket 23921.

Argued March 8, 1956.

Decided April 19, 1956. Writ of Certiorari Denied June 11, 1956. See 76 S.Ct. 1050.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; Lawrence E. Walsh, Judge.

J. Franklin Fort, Washington, D.C. (Haight, Gardner, Poor Havens, New York City, and Kominers Fort, John Cunningham, and Israel Convisser, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for libelant-appellant.

Leavenworth Colby, Chief, Admiralty Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Benjamin H. Berman, Atty., Admiralty Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, New York City, and Paul W. Williams, U.S. Atty. for Southern Dist. of New York, New York City, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, MEDINA, Circuit Judge, and GALSTON, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

The decision of Judge Walsh, D.C.S.D.N.Y., 133 F. Supp. 11, is affirmed. Archawski v. Hanioti, 350 U.S. 532, 76 S.Ct. 617; Sword Line, Inc. v. United States, 2 Cir., 230 F.2d 75.