· 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
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- 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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