Legal Opinion

Associated Metals & Minerals Corporation v. The M/v Vishva Shobha, Her Engines, Tackle, Etc., and the Shipping Corporation of India, Ltd.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 19, 1976No. 75--1726PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This is a libel in rem and in personam filed under the Admiralty jurisdiction of the United States Courts by the owner of a cargo of steel shipped from India to Chicago. Defendants are the ship M/V Vishva Shobha, and her owner The Shipping Corporation of India, Ltd. The steel was loaded in September of 1970 at Visakhapatnam, India. Enroute to New York the Vishva Shobha collided with another ship in the Atlantic Ocean and was forced to put in at and was delayed for repairs in Dakar, Senegal. When it arrived in Detroit on December 4, its Captain determined that the Seaway…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Propeller Niagara v. CordesSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
  2. Chrysler Corporation v. The Hanover Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Royal Insurance v. Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
  2. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. And Ataka & Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. American Export Lines, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Armstrong Cork Canada, Ltd., and Armstrong Cork Company v. American Export Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
  3. Mitsui & Co. v. American Export Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
  4. Royal Insurance Co. of America v. Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
  5. Shonac Corp. v. Maersk, Inc.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 2001

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