American Bank of Wage Claims v. Registry of the District Court of Guam, National Western Life Insurance Company v. Registry of the District Court of Guam

431 F.2d 1215 AMERICAN BANK OF WAGE CLAIMS, Appellant, v. REGISTRY OF the DISTRICT COURT OF GUAM, Appellee. NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. REGISTRY OF the DISTRICT COURT OF GUAM, Appellee. No. 22711. No. 22854. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. September 21, 1970. 1 Eugene H. Bramhall (argued), W. Scott Barrett, Walter S. Ferenz, of Barrett, Ferenz & Bramhall, Agana, Guam and Oakland, Cal., for appellants. 2 Allan J. Weiss (argued), Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Section, San Francisco, Cal., John F. Meadows, Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Dept., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James P. Alger, U. S. Atty., Duane K. Crase, Acting U. S. Atty., Harold Burnett, Atty. Gen. of Guam, Agana, Guam, for appellee. 3 Before HUFSTEDLER and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges, and PENCE, * District Judge. PENCE, District Judge: 4 These actions, consolidated on appeal, are two of at least seven related cases filed in the District Court of Guam, sitting in admiralty, arising out of the misfortunes of the M/S Galveston Navigator. Appellants, American Bank of Wage Claims (American Bank) and National Western Life Insurance Company (National Western), appeal…