Legal Opinion
Wellington Transportation Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1973No. 72-1955PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the District Court’s entry of judgment for Defendant-Appellee, the United States, in an admiralty suit under 46 U.S.C. § 781 in which a shipowner sought indemnity for attorney fees and litigation expenses incurred in successfully defending against an earlier state court action brought against the shipowner by an injured Coast Guardsman. Appellant shipowner also sought to recover damages sustained by its ship and allegedly caused by the negligence of the captain of a Coast Guard cutter.
The claims arose on February 2 and 3, 1969, when the Coast…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Indian Towing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Dugan & McNamara, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Donham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Marion Carl Migut and Margaret D. Migut, Astrobrillo Compania Naviera, S. A., Cross-Appellant v. Hyman-Michaels Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- Burgess v. M/V TamanoDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1974
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