Legal Opinion
Bultema Dock & Dredge Co. v. Thompson
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided April 4, 1966No. Civ. A. No. 4466PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOX, District Judge.
This is an action by libelant to recover for damages resulting when respondent steamship collided with an underwater construction project maintained by libel-ant at a power plant dock on Lake Maca-tawa, Holland, Michigan.
Jurisdiction is founded on 28 U.S.C. § 1333, and the action is brought pursuant to the Admiralty Jurisdiction Extension Act, being 48 U.S.C. § 740.
By contract dated January 17, 1962, libelant undertook to construct a 360 foot extension of the power plant dock, to extend southwesterly of the existing structure. The contract states, under heading “GC 29 Laws…
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