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Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. American Smelting & Refining Co. et al.; and Skibs A/S Jolund v. American Smelting & Refining Co. et al., 1958 — 356 U.S. 933 · caselaw · US
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Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. American Smelting & Refining Co. et al.; and Skibs A/S Jolund v. American Smelting & Refining Co. et al.
356 U.S. 933·Supreme Court of the United States·1958
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Opinion
No. 800.
No. 815.
Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. American Smelting & Refining Co. et al.; and Skibs A/S Jolund v. American Smelting & Refining Co. et al.
Daniel L. Stone-bridge and Wilbur E. Dow, Jr. for petitioner in No. 800.
Warner Pyne and Dudley C. Smith for petitioner in No. 815.
Henry N. Longley and John W. R. Zisgen for respondents.
Eugene Underwood, Harold M. Kennedy and Hervey C. Allen for Norges Rederforbund (Norwegian Shipowners’ Association), and Charles S. Haight for Koninklijke Nederlandsche Reedersvereeniging (Royal Netherlands Shipowners Association), movants.
[MAJORITY]
Motions for leave to file briefs of Norges Rederforbund and Koninklijke Nederlandsche Reedersvereeniging, as amici curiae, granted. Petitions for writs of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.
Reported below: 250 F. 2d 777.