Legal Opinion

Dammers & Van Der Heide Shipping & Trading (Antilles), Inc. v. The Steamship Joseph Lykes

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 20, 1970No. 27973PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

The events at issue here were the result of one of nature’s turbulent miscarriages, Hurricane Betsy, a wretched wench who lent credence to Voltaire’s remark that “nature has always had more force than education.”1 The sultry storm struck the port of New Orleans on the night of September 9 and the early morning of September 10, 1965. Betsy produced winds of unprecedented force and a tidal surge that ran upriver with a velocity of over 20 m. p. h. During the hurricane, the SS Joseph Lykes, a ship without power or regular crew because it was undergoing repairs, and the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
Patricia Lebouef Murphy, as Administratrix of the Estate of Edward Fontenot, Deceased, Etc. v. Houma Well Service, and Eva C. Fontenot, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
James Leo Huth v. Southern Pacific CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
Compania Anonima Venezolana De Navegacion (Venezuelan Line) v. A. J. Perez Export Company, Etc., and Tyler Refrigeration CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
Mrs. Edith Boudoin v. J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960

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3Cited by1 opinion

Petition of the United States of America, as Owner of the S/s Winged Arrow, for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability. Dammers & Van Der Heide Shipping & Trading (Antilles), Inc., as Owner of the M/v Santa Maria v. The Steamship Joseph Lykes, Her Engines, Etc., in Rem, and Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., in Personams., Central Gulf Steamship Corporation, as Owner of the S/s Green Port, Claimant-Appellant v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc., and the S/s Joseph Lykes, Marine Tankers, Inc., as Owner of the Mt Savfuel v. S/s Joseph Lykes, Her Engines, Etc., in Rem, and Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., in PersonamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970