Legal Opinion
Maine v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 27, 1943No. 3854PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.
On August 14, 1941, the State of Maine filed a libel in personam in admiralty against the United States, as owner of the Coast Guard Tender Ilex, “in a cause of collision civil and maritime”. In this suit the State seeks to recover for damages which it alleges it sustained on August 17, 1939, when the above named vessel ran into one of the piers of a state-owned highway bridge spanning the Kennebec River at Bath. The United States Attorney for the District of Alaine, appearing specially for the libellee, moved to dismiss on the ground of lack of jurisdiction. The…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. DickersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- District of Columbia v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Harrison v. Northern Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Linda Chapman, and Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- United States v. South Carolina State Highway DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
- Allen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- United States v. 21 Pounds, 8 Ounces, of PlatinumCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1945
- United States v. CaffeyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
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