Legal Opinion
United Distillers of America, Inc. v. the T/S Ionian Pioneer
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided April 27, 1955No. 2020PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, District Judge.
The Ionian Pioneer was a 35-year-old steel tank ship. She was owned by Greeks, flew the Panamanian flag, and was manned by the flotsam of many countries. She was rusty, she was leaky, she was hogged. 1 More importantly, and most unfortunately, she had an unpredictable penchant for sheering to port at the most inopportune moments. On two such sheers, she went aground and libel-ant here has sued for the value of the cargo lost by jettison as a result of these strandings. A short time after the incidents in suit, the vessel lost its classification and was considerately…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. PrescottSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Schnell v. the VallescuraSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- The SilviaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- The CaledoniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Gulfstream Cargo, Ltd. v. Reliance Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Ionion Steamship Company of Athens v. United Distillers of America, IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
- Navegacion Castro Riva v. the M.S. NordholmDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1959
- Barrois Bros., Inc. v. Lake Tankers CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1960
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