Legal Opinion
International Refugee Organization v. Maryland Drydock Co. The San Francisco
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1950No. 5969PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal in a suit in admiralty instituted by the Maryland Drydock Company (hereafter called Maryland) against the Panamanian Steamship “San Francisco” to enforce a lien for labor and repairs furnished in converting the vessel from a cargo carrier to a passenger vessel for the transportation of emigrants. The District Court sustained the lien for the sum of $798,346 and ordered the vessel sold. It was purchased at the sale by the lien claimant at the price of $724,000, of which amount there remains in the registry of the court the sum of $692,501.84.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Piedmont & Georges Creek Coal Co. v. Seaboard Fisheries Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Dampskibsselskabet Dannebrog v. Signal Oil & Gas Co. of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- New Bedford Dry Dock Co. v. PurdySupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Morse Drydock & Repair Co. v. Steamship Northern StarSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Frontera Fruit Co. v. DowlingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
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3Cited by25 opinions
- McAllester v. Aldridge (In Re Anderson)District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1983
- International Refugee Organization v. Republic S. S. Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- State of Israel, a Sovereign Nation v. The Motor Vessel Nili, Etc., and Singer & Friedlander, Inc., and Ted Curry Shipping, Ltd., Claimants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Bly v. GensmerCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1986
- Diaz v. the S.S. SeathunderDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1961
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