Legal Opinion
Bernstein v. N. v. Nederlandsche-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart - Maatschappij
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 25, 1949No. 141, Docket 21193PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff Bernstein who owned all the stock of the Red Star Line, a German limited liability company, brought suit on June 1, 1945, against the Holland-America Line, a Dutch corporation, which owned the S. S. Pennland and the S. S. Westernland and other assets, setting forth that in January, 1937, he was taken forcibly into custody by Nazi officials and imprisoned in jail in Hamburg, Germany; that during the entire period of his imprisonment he was led and had reasonable cause to believe, and did believe, that the Nazi officials had designs on his life and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chase Securities Corp. v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Campbell v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Robinson v. . Robins Dry Dock Repair Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Bernstein v. Van Heyghen Freres Societe AnonymeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Sheppard v. Atlantic States Gas Co. of Pennsylvania, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Banco Nacional De Cuba v. SabbatinoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Propper v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Dery v. WyerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Banco Nacional De Cuba, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Chase Manhattan Bank, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- BERNSTEIN v. N. v. NEDERLANDSCHE-AMERIKAANSCHE STOOMVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ (Chemical Bank & Trust Co., Third-Party Defendant)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
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