Fontana v. Grace Line, 254
| Decision Date | 22 June 1953 |
| Docket Number | Docket 22671.,No. 254,254 |
| Citation | 205 F.2d 151 |
| Parties | Thomas FONTANA, Libellant-Appellant, v. GRACE LINE, Inc. and States Marine Corporation, Respondents, and Huron Stevedoring Corporation, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Jersey Contracting Corporation, Roslyn Scow Corporation, and Penn Stevedoring Corporation, Respondents-Impleaded, and Huron Stevedoring Corporation, Intervenor-Appellee. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit |
Nathan Baker, New York City, Bernard Chazen, Hoboken, N. J., on the brief, for libellant-appellant.
Kirlin Campbell & Keating, New York City, Thomas Coyne and Vernon Sims Jones, New York City, of counsel, for intervenor-appellee.
Before SWAN, Chief Judge, and CLARK and FRANK, Circuit Judges.
Decree affirmed on opinion below, 106 F.Supp. 461.
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