Legal Opinion
American-Foreign Steamship Corp. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 28, 1958No. Nos. 126, 135, 214-225, Dockets 24190, 24200, 24291, 24292, 24283-24289, 24400-24402PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Circuit Judge.
Each of the libelants herein chartered ships from the Government pursuant to the Merchant Ship Sales Act, 50 U.S. C.A.Appendix, § 1735 et seq., and agreed to various terms of a standard charter, which made the rental price depend in part on the amount of the profit realized by the charterer. The libelants claim that the Maritime Commission, contrary to provisions of the Act, exacted from them too great a percentage of the profits and these actions were brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., to recover the illegally collected amounts. The…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Sword Line, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- The Ira M. HedgesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Sword Line, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Ferd Allen v. Paul B. Johnson, Individually and as Governor and State Election Commissioner of the State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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- American Mail Line, Ltd. v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1962
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- American President Lines, Ltd. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1960
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