Legal Opinion
Ladd v. United States
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided April 9, 1951No. 7398PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, District Judge.
Under the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 781, recovery is asked of the United States for damage to the sloop Eloise when a Coast Guard cutter, the libelant says, by her wash caused his vessel to lose her mast on the Elizabeth River, Virginia, near Buoy 25 and not far above the merchandise docks of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
The sloop was on her starboard side of the middle of the channel, bent downstream, i. e. northwardly. Her owner charges that the cutter Mohican, bound upstream and taking a course just to starboard of mid-channel, was throwing a wake so great…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Nelson v. The MajesticCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1891
- The Chester W. ChapinDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1907
- The PriscillaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1926
- The WashingtonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1910
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- Page v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1952
- Great American Insurance v. Tugs "Cissi Reinauer"District Court, S.D. New York · 1996
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