Supreme Court of the United States, 1956

British Transport Commission v. United States

British Transport Commission v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 8, 1956
352 U.S. 821; 77 S. Ct. 59; 1 L. Ed. 2d 46; 1956 U.S. LEXIS 442 (United States Reports)

British Transport Commission v. United States

Opinion of the Court

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted limited to question 1 presented by the petition for the writ which reads as follows:

“1. . . . The first question presented is whether other claimants in the proceeding may implead the Commission, under the alleged authority of Admiralty Rule 56, to respond to them in damages for losses suffered by them in the collision.”

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