Legal Opinion
United States v. Waterman Steamship Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1968No. 24450PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. McRAE, Jr., District Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment entered in the court below requiring the United States to make certain contributions allegedly due as the result of a General Average Adjustment.
In August of 1959 the S.S. JEAN LA FITTE, owned by Appellee, Waterman Steamship Corporation (Waterman), was carrying government cargo under a contract with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS). While en route the vessel became stranded on a shoal off the coast of France. In order to refloat the ship, numerous losses were voluntarily sustained for the common benefit of all…
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- Waterman Steamship Corp. S. E. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1966
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