Legal Opinion
A. H. Bull Steamship Co. v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 11, 1956PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMIERI, District Judge.
These libels present substantially similar questions. They have been brought to recover alleged overpayment of charter hire made to the Maritime Commission. The termination of the charters and the redelivery of the vessels in question by the libelants to the Maritime Commission took place in all cases more than two years before the suits were brought. The United States has filed exceptions to the libels as well as'exceptive allegations on the ground that the suits are barred by lapse of time since they were not commenced within two years after the causes of action…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Railroad Co. v. CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Sword Line, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Sword Line, Inc., Libelant-Appellant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- American Eastern Corporation v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1955
- Cunard S. S. Co. v. EltingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. American-Foreign Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- American-Foreign Steamship Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- American-Foreign Steamship Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- American-Foreign Steamship Corporation, Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, Stockard Steamship Corporation, Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, A. H. Bull Steamship Co., Bull-Insular Line, Inc., Baltimore Insular Line, Inc., Libelants-Appellants v. United States of America, New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, T. J. Stevenson & Co., Inc., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, North Atlantic and Gulf Steamship Co., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, Blidberg Rothchild Co., Inc., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, Fall River Navigation Co., Libelant-Appellant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- American-Foreign Steamship Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
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