Mavromatis v. United Greek Ship Owners Corp.

PETERS, District Judge.

This is a libel by eight members, of the crew of the steamship Niki, who were discharged by the captain and forcibly removed from the ship at Portland, Maine, on July 23, .1946, whereby they seek to recover for three days wages and other sums in the way of damages, bonuses etc. aggregating more than $120,000.

I find the following facts : The Niki was sailing under the flag of Greece with a captain and crew of Greek citizens, but she was owned by the United States which had chartered her on a bare boat basis to the Greek Government which had, in turn, chartered her, with…