Legal Opinion
Ishizaki Kisen Company, Ltd. v. United States of America, Ishizaki Kisen Company, Ltd. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1975No. 73-1248, 73-1249PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
This admiralty case is the result of a collision between two vessels in the harbor at Kure, Japan. It raises a question concerning the application of the presumption of fault rule announced in The Pennsylvania, 86 U.S. (19 Wall.) 125, 22 L.Ed. 148 (1874), to collisions in foreign waters. Jurisdiction rests on 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), 28 U.S.C. § 1333, and The Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C. § 781 et seq.
The vessels involved are the Kinsei-Go, a Japanese vessel owned and operated by Ishizaki Kisen Co., Ltd., and Army Vessel J — 3793, owned by the United States and…
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