Legal Opinion
De La Rama Steamship Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 2, 1953No. 368PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
This is a suit in admiralty against the United States, in which the libellant, petitioner here, sought to recover for its loss of the M. V. Dona Aurora, which was sunk by enemy action on December 25, 1942. The basis of the libel was a war risk policy issued by the War Shipping Administration under the War Risk Insurance Act of June 29, 1940, 54 Stat. 689, 690, as amended, 46 U. S. C. § 1128d. The libel was filed on December 22, 1944. On July 25, 1947, Congress passed a Joint Resolution putting an end to a large body of war powers. Among the hundred-odd statutory provisions thus repealed was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Lynch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Hallowell v. CommonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Bruner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- The Western MaidSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by73 opinions
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- De Rodulfa v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Charles B. Bradley, Jr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
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