Legal Opinion
Gulf Oil Trading Co. v. Creole Supply
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 26, 1979No. 225, Docket No. 78-7276PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GURFEIN, Circuit Judge:
The District Court for the Southern District of New York (Hon. Charles L. Brieant) entered judgment after a non-jury trial for $294,310 in favor of Gulf Oil Trading Company (“Gulf”) against the Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. (“Chase”), by imposing a constructive trust on freights and proceeds arising from the sale of two vessels, M/V PYRAMID VIKING and M/V PYRAMID VETERAN (“the vessels”), upon foreclosure in the Bahamas of the Chase preferred ship mortgage.
The admiralty jurisdiction of the District Court was invoked by plaintiff Gulf. Gulf sued Chase, the mortgagee of the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Bradkin v. LevertonNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
- The Steamer EclipseSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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