Legal Opinion

ASIATIC PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. SS American Trader

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided January 3, 1973No. 66 AD 131PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BONSAL, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty to recover damages for the loss and contamination by sea water of a cargo of lubricating oils during carriage aboard the S. S. AMERICAN TRADER (“AMERICAN TRADER”) from Texas ports to Bombay. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1333, 1337. Plaintiffs are Asiatic Petroleum Corporation (“Asiatic”), charterer of the AMERICAN TRADER; Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distributing Co. of India, Ltd. (“Burmah Shell”), the owner of the cargo at all times herein relevant; and Great American Insurance Company (“Great American”), the marine insurer of…

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