Legal Opinion
American-Foreign Steamship Corp. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 26, 1961No. Nos. 202-215, Docket 24190, 24200, 24291, 24292, 24283-24289, 24400-24402PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge.
The instant ease presents fourteen consolidated appeals. The appellants are in all cases shipping concerns whose actions against the United States under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., have been dismissed in the District Court for the Southern District of New York as time-barred.1 On appeal to this court, a panel composed of Circuit Judges Hincks and Medina and Retired District Judge Leibell affirmed the dismissal of the libels, American-Foreign Steamship Corp. et al. v. United States, 2 Cir., 1957, 265 F.2d 136, on the authority of Sword…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Soriano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- McMahon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Railroad Co. v. CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Osbourne v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- United States v. American-Foreign Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Oceanic Steamship Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1964
- Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Champaign-Urbana News Agency, Inc. v. J. L. Cummins News Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- 118 East 60th Owners, Inc. v. Bonner Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Massachusetts Trustees of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, Libelants-Appellants v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1963
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