Legal Opinion
In re the Complaint of Panoceanic Tankers Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 8, 1971No. 67 Civ. 4489PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
COOPER, District Judge.
Claimant India Supply Mission moves pursuant to Rule 16, F.R.Civ.P. for a pre-trial ruling on the admissibility at trial of testimony (given before an official hearing of the United States Coast Guard in connection with the sinking of the steamship PANOCEANIC FAITH) of witnesses who are unavailable at trial or without the jurisdiction of the court. Such prior testimony is admissible subject to objections including relevance and hearsay.
The witnesses called were under oath, plaintiff was represented throughout the entire proceeding by its present attorneys; he…
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- Raven v. TrexlerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Raymond Quintin, Libelant-Appellant v. Sprague Steamship CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
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