Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Petrochemicals, Inc. v. S/S Puerto Rico
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 27, 1978No. Civ. A. M-76-1126PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES R. MILLER, Jr., District Judge.
In his inimitable way, Chief Judge Brown of the Fifth Circuit, in a related but different context, has stated for me the essence of this case. He said in Wirth Ltd. v. S/S Acadia Forest, .537 F.2d 1272 at 1276 (5th Cir. 1976), reh. en banc den. 541 F.2d 281 (5th Cir. 1976):
“Our principal task in this case is to determine what Congress would have thought about a subject about which it never thought or could have thought and one about which we have never thought nor any other Court has thought. Technology has created a maritime transportation system…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Leather's Best, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. S.S. Mormaclynx, Defendants-Appellants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Robert C. Herd & Co. v. Krawill MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Reid v. FargoSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Jones v. the Flying ClipperDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1953
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Commonwealth Petrochemicals, Inc. v. S/S Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- In Re the Complaint of Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina Line, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1979
- Mediterranean Marine Lines, Inc. v. John T. Clark & Son of Maryland, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1980
- National Automotive Publications, Inc. v. United States Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Commonwealth Petrochemicals, Inc. v. S/S Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
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