Legal Opinion

The Hindoo

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided October 18, 1947No. 135-204, 133-168, 138-372, 141-141, 139-361, 143-260, 134-34PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIFKIND, District Judge.

On the night of September 9, 1944, in the Caribbean Sea, about 150 miles northeast of Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone, a collision took place between the British Steamer Australia Star owned by Frederick Leyland Co., Ltd., and the Hindoo, a Panamanian flag vessel owned by the United States, as a result of which the Hindoo was sunk and the Australia Star and her cargo damaged. The Australia Star had been travelling alone; the Hindoo was being escorted by the U. S. S. PC-616, a United States naval craft. These seven libels, consolidated for trial, require determination of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. The City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Canadian Aviator, Ltd. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Lind v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
  4. The MedfordDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1946
  5. Shaw v. North Atlantic Transport Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1944

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United States v. the Australia StarCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
  2. Afran Transport Co. v. The BergechiefCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
  3. Placid Oil Company v. SS WILLOWPOOLDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1963
  4. Moran Towing & Transp. Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1948
  5. Afran Transport Co., Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. The Bergechief, Her Engines, Etc., A/s Sneffon, Appellant-Cross-Appellee. A/s Sneffon, Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. The Burgan, Her Engines, Etc., and Afran Transport Company, Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960

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