Legal Opinion
D/SA/S FLINT v. Sabre Shipping Corporation
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 13, 1964No. 64-A-199PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZAVATT, Chief Judge.
This and two companion cases illustrate the means employed by some libel-ants to ensure against personal service of process upon respondents in admiralty cases, in order to embarrass them by having their property seized or their credits tied up. A simple device is employed. Instead of filing a libel in the United States District Court within which the respondent maintains its principal office, to the knowledge of the libel-ant, the libelant crosses the East River, files the libel in this court and prays for the issuance of process in personam with writ of foreign…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Robertson v. Railroad Labor BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Atkins v. Disintegrating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Manro v. AlmeidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1825
- Seawind Compania, S. A. v. Crescent Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Cia. Naviera Continental S.A.District Court, S.D. New York · 1959
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Aqua Stoli Shipping Ltd. v. Gardner Smith Pty Ltd., Docket No. 05-5385-CvCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab v. Sabre Shipping Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Integrated Container Service, Inc. v. Starlines Container Shipping, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Grand Bahama Petroleum Co. v. Canadian Transportation Agencies, Ltd.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1978
- East Asiatic Co., Ltd. v. Indomar, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1976
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