Legal Opinion
Kroll v. Silver Line
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 25, 1953No. 25461-GPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EOCHE, Chief Judge.
There is substantially no dispute on the facts. Libelant’s cargo was shipped from Calcutta, India, and during the course of the voyage to the United States the general maritime strike of 1948 commenced. The vessel had on board over 200 separate shipments consigned to various ports along the West coast. Libel-ant’s was one of those scheduled for Los Angeles and was to be unloaded first. After the strike had been in progress for almost three weeks, the vessel’s agents radioed the Master informing him as to which ports were closed by the strike and which ones were still…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The Styria, Scopinich v. MunroeSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- The Steel InventorDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1940
- Accinanto, Limited v. Cosmopolitan Shipping Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1951
- Tatsuuma Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha v. Robert Dollar Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1929
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Hirsch Lumber Company v. Weyerhaeuser Steamship CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Orient Mid-East Lines, Inc. v. Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1967
- E. C. L. Sporting Goods v. United States Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1969