Legal Opinion
In Re Burton S. S. Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 2, 1925No. 32676PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
This is a petition to review an order of Mr. Referee Black.
The proceeding involves a question of considerable doubt and difficulty, which, so far as I am aware, has never been decided. It relates to the true construction of the Maritime Lien Act of 1920 (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 8146% et seq.). The section involved is an amendment of the prior Act of June 23,1910 (Comp. St. § 7783 et seq.). The former act was passed to remedy an intolerable situation which had arisen in the courts of the United States over the very varying decisions which had been rendered on the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- The LottawannaSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Ex Parte EastonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- The J. DohertyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1913
- The Henry S. GroveDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1922
- United States v. Certain Subfreights Due Steamship NeponsetDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1924
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Equilease Corp. v. M/V SampsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- The Henry W. BreyerDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1927
- J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. v. The Off-Shore Menhaden Company, in Bankruptcy, AncillaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Payne v. SS Tropic BreezeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Arques v. National Superior Co.California Court of Appeal · 1945
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