Legal Opinion
Sicula Oceanica, S.A. v. Wilmar Marine Engineering & Sales Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1969No. 26106PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This action in admiralty was tried without a jury and was submitted to the district court entirely on depositions and documents. 1 The appellant’s burden, under Fed.R.Civ.P. 52(a), of showing that the trial judge’s findings of fact are “clearly erroneous” is not as heavy, therefore, as it would be if the case had turned on the credibility of witnesses appearing before the trial judge. Galena Oaks Corp. v. Scofield, 5 Cir. 1954, 218 F.2d 217. Caradelis v. Refineria Panama, S.A., 5 Cir. 1967, 384 F.2d 589. 2 However, regardless of the documentary nature of the evidence and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- North Pacific Steamship Co. v. Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Galena Oaks Corporation v. Frank Scofield, Collector of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc. v. Charles Ferran & Company, Inc., Charles Ferran & Company, Inc. v. Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Sierra Club v. James M. Sigler, Etc., Pelican Terminal Company and Galveston Wharves, Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Donald K. Smith v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Mrs. Georgia Ann Toms v. Country Quality Meats, Inc., Etc., Mr. Thomas E. Toms v. Country Quality Meats, Inc., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Texas Education Agency (South Park Independent School District)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Pelzer Realty Company, Inc., and William G. ThamesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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