Banco do Brasil v. Calhoon

Defendant moves to dismiss the complaint herein on the grounds of legal insufficiency, that the court does not have jurisdiction of the subject matter, and that the action is time-barred.

The complaint alleges, in substance, that plaintiffs time-chartered a vessel from the owner of the vessel, Alcoa International, Inc. (hereinafter “Alcoa”); that between June 22, 1961 and July 12, 1961, defendant engaged in activities in Port Arthur, Texas, which were designed to prevent the loading of the chartered vessel by causing the said vessel to be picketed; that the picketing was secondary picketing…