United States v. Texas Company
| Decision Date | 31 December 1959 |
| Docket Number | No. 7941.,7941. |
| Citation | 272 F.2d 711 |
| Parties | UNITED STATES of America, owner of THE RUCHAMKIN, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. TEXAS COMPANY, Appellee and Cross-Appellant. Parley Bright, Administrator; Catherine Bode, Administratrix; Barbara Allred, Administratrix; and Margaret Fulwiler, Administratrix, Appellees. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit |
John G. Laughlin, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Hollis, U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., and Morton Hollander, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for United States of America, owner of The Ruchamkin, appellant and cross-appellee.
Joseph M. Brush, New York City, and Francis N. Crenshaw, Norfolk, Va., for Texas Co., appellee and cross-appellant.
Lawrence Drasin, New York City (Marvin Schwartz, New York City, on brief), for Parley Bright, administrator, et al., appellees.
Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and R. DORSEY WATKINS, District Judge.
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