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UNITED STATES v. WORLD TRANSPORT, LTD.

No. 70 Civ. 4172.

322 F.Supp. 385 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. WORLD TRANSPORT, LTD., Astoria Steamship Agency, Inc., Global Maritime Agencies, Inc., Allobrogia Steamship Corporation, also known as Patrick Steamship Corp., in personam, and SS ST. PATRICK, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., in rem, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

February 5, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitney North Seymour, Jr., U. S. Atty., Louis E. Greco, New York City, Attorney in Charge Admiralty & Shipping Section, U. S. Department of Justice, for plaintiff; Janis G. Schulmeisters, New York City, of counsel.

Galland, Kharasch, Calkins & Brown, New York City, for defendant Allobrogia Steamship Corp., David S. Brown, Michael E. Timm, New York City, of counsel.

Brady, Tarpey & Joyce, New York City, for defendants World Transport, Ltd., Astoria Steamship Agency, Inc., Global Maritime Agencies, Inc.

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

The United States of America, as the owner of the Commodity Credit Corporation (hereafter "CCC"), is entitled to assert a claim for alleged damages to the grain shipment in question, which was donated for charitable purposes by the CCC to the Church World Service, a voluntary agency, for distribution in India, pursuant to 7 U.S.C. sections 1721-1725. The shipment was transported aboard the SS St. Patrick, allegedly...

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