Legal Opinion
Island Creek Fuel & Transportation Co. v. Kenova Terminal Co.
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided April 18, 1957No. 867PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.
Exceptor-libellant Island Creek relies upon the case of Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corporation, 349 U.S. 85, 75 S.Ct. 629, 99 L.Ed. 911, 1955 A.M.C. 899, which along with two other cases decided the same day (May 16, 1955), Boston Metals Co. v. The Winding Gulf, 349 U.S. 122, 75 S.Ct. 649, 99 L.Ed. 933, 1955 A.M.C. 927, and United States v. Nielson, 349 U.S. 129, 75 S.Ct. 654, 99 L. Ed. 939, 1955 A.M.C. 935, held that clauses in contracts exculpating a towboat owner for its negligence in towing craft are contrary to public policy and invalid.
Respondent relies…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Santa Fe, Prescott & Phœnix Railway Co. v. Grant Bros. Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Sun Oil Co. v. Dalzell Towing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Boston Metals Co. v. the Winding GulfSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Fahey v. GledhillCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
- Fahey v. GledhillCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983