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BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 25325.

90 F.Supp. 831 (1950)

BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO., Limited, et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

May 5, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lillick, Geary, Olson, Adams & Charles, James L. Adams, San Francisco, Cal., Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for libelants.

Frank J. Hennessy, United States Attorney, San Francisco, Cal., for respondent United States.

F. W. Dorr, Dorr, Cooper & Hays, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel and for respondent American Pac. S. S. Co.

GOODMAN, District Judge.

The competency of the United Nations to sue the United States in Federal Court under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., is the principal and unique question tendered by the exceptions to the libel of the United Nations and other joint libelants. As well do the exceptions question the right of the United Nations to maintain the libel against American Pacific Steamship Co., a co-respondent.

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