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· 4/11/1927

New York Dock Co. v. Steamship Poznan

Citations

  • 274 U.S. 117
  • 47 S. Ct. 482
  • 71 L. Ed. 955
  • 1927 U.S. LEXIS 619

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing authority of admiralty courts to award storage charges as flexible and equitable in nature
  • recognizing that storage charges in admiralty are created through equity
  • “A person furnishing goods or services to a vessel after its arrest . . . does not acquire a maritime lien against the vessel for the value of those goods or services.”
  • “A person furnishing goods or services to a vessel after its arrest . . . does not acquire a maritime lien against the vessel for the value of those goods or services.”
  • “[T]he district court enjoys broad equitable authority over the administration of maritime seizures.”
  • acknowledging the tradition of courts to elevate administrative expenses

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Judges: Stone, Holmes

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