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Skibs A/S Jolund v. American Smelting & Refining Co. et al.; and Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. American Smelting & Refining Co. et al.
361 U.S. 934·Supreme Court of the United States·1960
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Opinion
No. 566.
No. 567.
Skibs A/S Jolund v. American Smelting & Refining Co. et al.; and Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. American Smelting & Refining Co. et al.
Warner Pyne and Dudley C. Smith for petitioner in No. '566. Daniel L. Stonebridge and John C. Crawley for petitioner in No. 567: Henry N. Longley and John W. R. Zisgen for respondents.. Charles S. Haight and Charles S. Haight, Jr. for Koninklijke Nederlandsche Reedersver-eeniging et al.; L. de Grove Potter and James J. Higgins for the Britannia Steam Ship Insurance Association, -Ltd., et al.; Walter E. Maloney for the American Merchant Marine Institute, .Inc.; and Eugene Underwood, Harold M. Kennedy and Hervey C. Allen for Norges Rederfor-bund.
[MAJORITY]
The motions of Koninklijke Nederlandsche Reedersverefeniging (Royal Netherlands Shipowners’ Association) et al. and the Britannia Steam Ship Insurance Association, Ltd., et al., for leave to file briefs, as amici curiae, arevgranted. The motions of the American Merchant-Marine Institute, Inc., and Norges Rederforbund (the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association) for. leave to file briefs, as amici curiae, are granted. Petitions for writs'of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.
Reported below: 269 F. 2d 68, 273 F. 2d 61.'