Legal Opinion
Meacham Corp. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 8, 1953No. 6580PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is taken from a judgment of the District Court in a suit in admiralty whereby the tanker Meacham, which formerly belonged to the United States, was condemned and forfeited to the United States1 on the ground that the ship had been transferred to aliens in violation of Sections 2 and 9 of the Shipping Act of 1916 as amended, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 802, 808, and that the transfer had not been reported as required by R.S. 4172, 46 U.S.C.A. § 41.2
*538In 1947, after the Second World War, the United States had a surplus of 390 tankers, subject to the control of the United…
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