New Orleans Stevedoring Company, a Division of James J. Flanagan Shipping Corporation v. The United States

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of the United States on the ground that the appellant’s contract action was barred by the two-year statute of limitations of the Suits in Admiralty Act of March 9, 1920, c. 95, § 1 et seq., 41 Stat. 525, as amended, 46 U.S.C. § 741 et seq., 1 as amended (Supp.1970). We affirm.

The conflict arises out of the alleged breach of two contracts between the appellant, New Orleans Stevedoring Company, and the Department of Defense. One contract provided “the unloading and loading of cars, barges, or…