Legal Opinion
United States v. Ultramar Shipping Co., Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 11, 1988No. 85 Civ. 4549 (CLB)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
“Someday on the Ganges
I’ll meet you once more
And I’ll kiss you and caress you
Where the waters kiss the silent shore.”
From “Moonlight on the Ganges”, words by Chester Wallace, music by Sherman Meyers, c. 1926 Campbell Connelly Ltd.
BRIEANT, Chief Judge.
In the moonlight on the morning of June 14, 1984, on the Ganges Delta, the M.V. CHERRY LAJU ran aground, capsized and sank. One seaman perished. Her cargo of wheat, sent by the United States to the people of Bangladesh through the voluntary relief agency CARE (“Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere”), was lost. The…
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