Legal Opinion
Sword Line, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 14, 1955No. 160, Docket 23723PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAND, Circuit Judge.
The libellant appeals from a decree in the admiralty, dismissing its libel upon “exceptive allegations,” filed by the respondent. The claim, as alleged in the libel, was as follows. The Maritime Commission had chartered to the libellant forty-four vessels upon a “bare-boat charter,” by virtue of authority granted by § 5 of the Merchant Ships Act of 1946. 1 Subdivision (c) of this section incorporates § 709 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, 2 which provides that, if at the end of any calendar year after such a charter is executed, the “cumulative net voyage profits” shall…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Krauss Bros. Lumber v. Dimon Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Vines v. General Outdoor Advertising Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- United Transportation & Lighterage Co. v. New York & Baltimore Transp. LineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
- Arthur A. Kelcey v. Tankers Company Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Sgambati v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by41 opinions
- United States v. United Continental Tuna Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. American-Foreign Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Jacobson v. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1977
- Archawski v. HaniotiSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Fred I. Putnam and James A. Overman v. Harry C. Lower, John Kadlec, George S. Herning, Edgar L. Peecher, William E. Barquist and Norman L. BunkerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
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