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DE LA RAMA S. S. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 368.

344 U.S. 386 (1953)

73 S.Ct. 381

97 L.Ed. 422

DE LA RAMA STEAMSHIP CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 2, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold M. Kennedy argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Roscoe H. Hupper, Norman M. Barron and Hervey C. Allen.

Benjamin Forman argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Cummings, Assistant Attorney General Baldridge, Samuel D. Slade, Hubert H. Margolies and Cornelius J. Peck.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit in admiralty against the United States, in which the libellant, petitioner here, sought to recover for its loss of the M. V. Dona Aurora, which was sunk by enemy action on December 25, 1942. The basis of the libel was a war risk policy issued by the War Shipping Administration under the War Risk Insurance Act of June 29, 1940, 54 Stat. 689,...

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