Legal Opinion

The Muskegon

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 1, 1921No. 254PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. In Admiralty. Suit by Nicholas Montanino and M'atteo Delfino, partners as Montanino & Delfino, against the steamship Muskegon. Decree for claimant, and libelants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

HOUGH, Circuit Judge.

The events giving rise to this action occurred before the enactment of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 and the cause is unaffected by the. changes thereby made in the Lien Act of June 23, 1910 (36 Stat 604 [Comp. St. §§ 7783-7787]). Libel-ants are a firm of master stevedores. The Muskegon is an American vessel, whose home port: is New York. She was under charter, and the charterers in her home port were loading cargo. These charterers themselves made a contract with libelants to do the stevedoring necessary to load the Muskegon; libelants performed the labor by and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. ImbrovekSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Rupert CityDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1914
  3. The OceanaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
  4. The HatterasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
  5. The J. DohertyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1913

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. The PoznanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
  3. The Henry W. BreyerDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1927
  4. J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. v. The Off-Shore Menhaden Company, in Bankruptcy, AncillaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  5. Payne v. SS Tropic BreezeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970

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