Legal Opinion
Luckenbach Steamship Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 22, 1963No. Nos. 215, 216, Dockets 27678, 27679PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.
These appeals from a decree in admiralty by Judge Levet in the Southern District of New York relate to a collision twenty years ago, on April 20, 1943, between the Luckenbach vessel Lena Luc-kenbach and the James Fenimore Cooper, owned and operated by the United States, while the two ships were in convoy on the North Atlantic. The Lena was transporting consumable goods consigned to the British Government under the Lend-Lease (Defense Aid) Act of March 11, 1941, 22 U.S.C., Supp. Ill, §§ 411-419, and the Master Lend-Lease Agreement between the United States and the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- United States v. Atlantic Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Aktieselskabet Cuzco v. the SucarsecoSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Erie Railroad v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Oliver J. Olson & Co. v. The American Steamship Marine LeopardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc., as Owner of the S.S. Lena Luckenbach, Libelant-Appellee v. United States of America, the Ministers of Transport, Etc., for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Etc., Intervening- Petitioners- United States of America, as Owner of the S.S. James Fenimore Cooper, Cross-Libelant-Appellant v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc., as Owner of the S.S. Lena Luckenbach, Cross-Respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Oliver J. Olson & Co., a Corporation, Libelant v. The American Steamship Marine Leopard, Etc., and Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc., a Corporation, Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc., a Corporation, Libelant v. Oliver J. Olson & Co., a Corporation, Petition of Oliver J. Olson & Co., a Corporation, for Exoneration From, or Limitation Of, Liability, as Owner and Operator of the Steamship Howard OlsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966