Legal Opinion
Dietrich v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 9, 1935No. 85PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in the admiralty dismissing a libel against the Fleet Corporation filed under section 2 of the Suits in Admiralty Act (section 742, title 46, U.S.Code [46 U.S.C.A. § 742]). The libel laid a good cause of suit for breach of contract in 1921, because of the deviation of a vessel owned by the Fleet Corporation; but, as it was filed on December 23, 1932, it was too late, unless saved by the amendment of June 30, 1932, to section 5 of the act (section 745, title 46, U.S.Code [46 U.S.C.A. § 745]). To bring the suit within that amendment the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Johnson v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Dietrich v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- Adders v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corp. v. DietrichCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- Dietrich v. United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
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