Legal Opinion
Hines, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 2, 1977No. 75-1765PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
This is a case of first impression involving a conflict between two statutes in the field of Admiralty. They are the Limitation of Liability Act, adopted in 1851, 46 U.S.C., § 181 et seq. (1970), and the Rivers and, Harbors Act, originally passed in 1899, 33 U.S.C. § 401 et seq. (1970). We believe that, the plain purposes of the Rivers and Harbors Act which we construe here cannot be served by subordinating it to the Limitation of Liability Act which Congress adopted in 1851 and that Congress did not intend the subordination to that Act which appellant now seeks. As a…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- In Re DebsSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. RigsbySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gilman v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
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3Cited by34 opinions
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