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AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 28426, 28705.

224 F.Supp. 187 (1963)

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD., a corporation, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent. UNITED STATES of America, Libelant, v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD., et al., Respondents.

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

October 10, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter N. Teige, George D. Wick, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., J. Franklin Fort, Kominers & Fort, Washington, D. C., for American President Lines, Ltd.

Cecil F. Poole, U. S. Atty., Keith R. Ferguson, Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen., Lawrence F. Ledebur, John F. Meadows, Ralph F. Bagley, Attys., Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for the United States.

WEIGEL, District Judge.

These cases involve a bareboat charter under which American President Lines, Ltd. (hereafter "APL") commercially operated numerous Government owned cargo vessels during the years 1946-1955. APL alleges that the charter provided for illegally excessive rates of hire based on erroneous interpretations of pertinent statutes by the United States Maritime Commission and its successor agency, the Maritime Administration (hereafter sometimes collectively...

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