Legal Opinion
Rice v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 25, 1948No. 256, Docket 20968PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
This litigation resulted from a collision between the libellant’s scow in tow of the Army tug ST 56 owned by the United States, and a flat barge in tow of the tug Martin Kehoe. The collision occurred a short distance off the end of Pier 16, Staten Island, about 1 A.M., January 10, 1945. The trial judge held both tugs at fault and divided between them the libellant’s damages. Upon this appeal each tug owner claims that the other should be held solely responsible.1
The district judge wrote an opinion2 and made detailed findings of fact which may be summarized as follows: The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- The Victory & the PlymothianSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- The Blue JacketSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- The MadisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- Gulf Oil Corporation v. the Socony No. 16Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Lind v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Parker Bros. & Company, Inc., of the Tugs Gertrude and Annie O v. J. E. De ForestCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation v. Cornell Steamship Company, of the Tug, LionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, Libelant-Appellee v. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. S.S. PortmarDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
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