Legal Opinion
B. v. Bureau Wijsmuller v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 20, 1979No. 76 Civ. 2494-CSHPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAIGHT, District Judge:
Plaintiff B. V. Bureau Wijsmuller (“Wijsmuller”), a Netherlands towing and salvage company, brings this suit in admiralty to recover an award for salvage services rendered to the USS JULIUS A. FURER (“FURER”), a warship owned by defendant United States of America, after the FUR-ER grounded on June 30,1974 on a sandbar off the Dutch coast. Jurisdiction is based upon the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C. § 781 et seq., the Government having conceded for the purposes of this action the requisite reciprocity, 46 U.S.C. § 785, and this Court having…
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