Legal Opinion
Hudson Waterways Corp. v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 22, 1976No. 73 Civ. 3940Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Hudson Waterways Corporation (“Hudson”) and Seatrain Lines, Inc. (“Seatrain”), seek to recover $340,000 for damages sustained by the S.S. Seatrain Ohio (“Ohio”), while the vessel was operating under a time charter with defendant, United States of America, through the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command. Defendant has waived its sovereign immunity and consented to be sued, for the claims here asserted, under the suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 741-752, and the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 781-790.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
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