Legal Opinion
The Iowa
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided September 7, 1940No. A-12353PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES ALGER FEE, District Judge.
The Steamship “Iowa”, on a voyage to San Francisco, left her home port, Portland, Oregon, on January 11, 1936, and after loading at Longview, Washington, on *845the Columbia River, cleared there on January 11, 1936. She discharged her river pilot at Astoria, and then started down the river. After she cleared the Columbia bar, and at 3:48 a. m. on the 12th of January, 1936, in a terrific storm, she struck Peacock Spit, a shoal extending out from the Washington shore at the mouth of the Columbia, and was lost with all hands.
The States Steamship Company, owner of the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- The Tj HooperCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- The SouthwarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Butler v. Boston & Savannah Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
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3Cited by6 opinions
- De Bardeleben Marine Corp., as Successor in Interest to Blue Stack Towing Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Gay Cottons, United States of America and Shalom Baby WearCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Com. of Puerto Rico v. SS Zoe ColocotroniDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1978
- United States v. Wessel, Duval & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1954
- Protection Maritime Insurance v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1973
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