Getty Refining & Marketing Co. v. Mt Fadi B

This case requires the eourt to decide whether the district court properly dismissed the appellant’s action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) following the close of evidence in a nonjury trial. My reading of the facts in evidence leads me to conclude that the district court’s holding that “the Robins analysis directly governs the disposition of Getty’s claim” is error. Getty Refining & Marketing Co. v. M/T FADI B, 595 F.Supp. 452, 455 (E.D.Pa.1984) (hereinafter “Getty”) (citing Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Flint, 275 U.S. 303, 48 S.Ct. 134, 72 L.Ed. 290 (1927) (hereinafter…