Legal Opinion
C. J. Dick Towing Co. v. The Leo Commercial Petroleum & Transport Co. v. Texas Co. The Dispatch
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1953No. 13987PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is in admiralty from a final decree holding appellant, C. J. Dick Towing Company, solely liable for damages resulting from a collision in the Bayou Boeuf section of the Gulf Intra-Coastal canal near Morgan City, Louisiana, between the tow of appellant’s Tug Dispatch and the tow of the Tug Leo, owned by appellee, Commercial Petroleum and Transport Company.
On the morning of November 28, 1947, at about 7 a. m., the Tug Dispatch was under way in an easterly direction from Port Neches, Texas, to Mount Vernon, Indiana, via the Intra-Coastal Canal. She was pushing…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- The SouthwarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Belden v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Petterson Lighterage & T. Corp. v. New York Central R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Waterman S. S. Corp. v. United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Ricardo Fotys Caradelis v. Refineria Panama, S. A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Southport Transit Company v. Avondale Marine Ways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Stegemann v. Miami Beach Boat Slips, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
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