Legal Opinion
Marine Carriers Corp. v. Fowler
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 1, 1970No. 839, Docket 34547PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
Like all maritime nations of the world, the United States treats its coastwise shipping trade as a jealously guarded preserve. In order to participate in this trade, a vessel’s credentials must be thoroughly American. The ship must have been built in an American shipyard and be owned by American citizens. Moreover, it must not have trifled with its American heritage.
Under the first proviso to section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, the statute we are required to construe in this case, any vessel which has acquired “the lawful right to engage in the…
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