Legal Opinion
Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. The Tug Crochet
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1970No. 27118PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
These appeals come from an action in admiralty for damage to a tug-pushed barge and its cargo resulting from a collision at a crossing .on the Mississippi River with the wreck of a sunken barge *604which had been buoyed and lighted by the United States. The Court below1 affixed liability against the pushing tug, its owner and the owner of the sunken barge. It exonerated the United States. We affirm.
Numerous negligence issues were joined by the pleadings. Humble Oil & Refining Company filed a libel in rem against the Tug CROCHET, and in personam against her owner, M. L.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Humble Oil & Refining Company and Cargo Carriers, Inc. v. Bell Marine Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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