Legal Opinion
City of Athens
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided September 19, 1947No. 2942PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
The matter now under consideration by this court in the above entitled case presents a difficult question apparently of first impression. Does a purchaser of a ship sold free of liens under a valid admiralty decree, have the right to insist upon the issuance of a clearance certificate by the Collector of Customs for a new voyage of the ship where the only reason for withholding the clearance certificate is the pendency of possible fines to be levied on the master and agents of the ship under prior ownership for failure to detain on board certain seamen under the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. v. StranahanSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- The Moses TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Rounds v. Cloverport Foundry & MacHine Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- United States v. J. H. Winchester & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Loud v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1923
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Todd Shipyards Corporation v. the City of AthensDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1949
- Savelis v. VlachosDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1955
- Papaliolios v. DurningDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1950
- Maryland International, S.A. v. Proceeds of the Sale of the S.S.District Court, E.D. New York · 1962