Legal Opinion
Mounteer v. Marine Transport Lines, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 24, 1979No. 77 Civ. 4347 (GLG)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOETTEL, District Judge:
Defendants move for summary judgment. The plaintiff, in a refreshing instance of candor, acknowledges that there are no factual issues preventing resolution of the motion and concedes that it is a matter of law — in fact, an important legal issue. The acknowledged facts are as follows:
The United States owns the USNS Sealift Atlantic, a tank vessel. It has bareboat chartered the vessel to Marine Transport Lines, Inc. (“MTL”), which operates it exclusively for the United States.
In November of 1976, the Sealift Atlantic was at Port Said in Egypt (more properly the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States v. SpelarSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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- Petition of the United States of America and Mathiasen's Tanker Industries, Inc., for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability as Owners of the U.S.N.S. Mission San Francisco, United States of America, in No. 15294. Mathiasen's Tanker Industries, Inc., in No. 15281Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Magnolia Towing Company v. Charles Robert Pace, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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