Legal Opinion
Skibsaktieselskapet Siljestad v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided March 2, 1960No. 507-57; No. 508-57; No. 509-57PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaddeN, Judge
The Government has moved for judgment on the pleadings dismissing the petitions herein upon the ground that all of the claims herein are based upon maritime contracts and, under the Suits in Admiralty Act of March 9,1920, 41 Stat. 525, 46 X7.S.C. §741, et seq., could be enforced only in a United States District Court sitting in admiralty.
The plaintiffs are all common carriers by water for hire in foreign commerce. They all carried goods for the Government under ocean bills of lading from foreign ports to the Port of New York. They discharged the goods upon the appropriate piers in New York.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Johnson v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- The EddySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- The TitaniaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904
- Swift & Company v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1956
- Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1954
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