Legal Opinion
Nicholas E. Vernicos Shipping Company v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 24, 1963PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacMAHON, District Judge.
Libellants, nationals of the Kingdom -of Greece, sue the United States under the Public Vessels Act (46 U.S.C. § 781 ■et seq.), to recover for salvage services which their tugs allegedly rendered to two ships of the United States Navy in St. George’s Bay, Piraeus, Greece, on October 29 and 30, 1956.
On the evening of October 29, 1956, the U.S.S. ALTAIR and the U.S.S. MERCURY, store ships attached to the United States Sixth Fleet, were moored to the leeward side of a quay in St. George’s Bay. The ALTAIR, lying perpendicular to the quay, was headed north and away from…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. v. ReadCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1918
- Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co. v. Indian Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. National Oil Transport Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1923
- Castner, Curran & Bullitt, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- Burke v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1951
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Sobonis v. Steam Tanker National DefenderDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- Conolly v. S.S. Karina IIDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1969
- B. v. Bureau Wijsmuller v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Nicholas E. Vernicos Shipping Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Berry v. Boat Giannina B., Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1978
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