Legal Opinion
Payne v. SS Tropic Breeze
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 11, 1970No. 7313PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McENTEE, Circuit Judge.
The SS TROPIC BREEZE, a vessel of Liberian registry, was libeled in rem in Puerto Rico by members of its crew asserting claims for wages. The Master, the present appellee, was permitted to intervene by the district court1 in order to assert various claims against the vessel.2 The owners of the vessel did not appear and the court ordered the sale of the ship. At that point, National Western Life Insurance Company (hereinaft*238er National), an intervenor and assignee of a mortgage on the vessel, entered into a stipulation with the other claimants postponing the sale,…
2Cases cited69 opinions
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- The J. E. RumbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The John G. StevensSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- New York Dock Co. v. Steamship PoznanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- The SS TROPIC BREEZE. NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, IntervenorAppellant v. TROPICAL COMMERCE CORPORATION, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- Oil Shipping (Bunkering) B.V. v. Sonmez Denizcilik Ve Ticaret A.S.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
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