Legal Opinion

United States v. The South Star

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 9, 1954No. 22911_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

Libellant having suffered cargo damage pursued its remedy against the vessel and the owner thereof in admiralty by proceeding in rem against the SS “South-Star” and in personam against the owner, Prudential Steamship Corporation, which in due course impleaded the ship’s agent, James W. Elwell & Co., Inc. and the stevedore, Charleston Stevedoring Company. It is stipulated that the cargo in question was discharged and delivered prior to January 19, 1949; and the libel was filed on November 10, 1950, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. A. M. Collins & Co. v. Panama R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
  2. United States v. the South StarDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1953

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Robert C. Herd & Co. v. Krawill MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. Monarch Industrial Corp. v. American Motorists InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
  3. Fireman's Ins. Co. of Newark, NJ v. Gulf Puerto Rico Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1972
  4. J. B. Effenson Company v. Three Bays Corporation, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  5. Twentieth Century Delivery Service, Inc., a Corporation v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957

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