Republic of France & Compagnie Generale Transatlantique v. United States of America

I am unable to agree with the conclusion of the majority that the findings and *402conclusions of the district judge are clearly erroneous and his judgment must be reversed. A careful reading and rereading of the district judge’s findings and conclusions as a whole, as they are set out in his opinion, Petition of Republic of Prance, as Owner and of Com-pagnie Generale Transatlantique, as Agent, of The Steamship Grandcamp, in a cause of Exoneration from and Limitation of Liability, No. 1870, 171 F.Supp. 497, leaves me with the clear conviction that the findings of fact are well supported by the…