Legal Opinion
Dow Chemical Co. v. Dixie Carriers, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 26, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 69-H-214PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUE, District Judge.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This is an admiralty collision action for damages resulting from three separate incidents, all of which occurred when a barge in the tow of the tug, DOW HUSTLER, collided with a railroad bridge’s fender system at a point where the bridge crosses diagonally over a privately owned barge canal. The tug was owned and demise chartered by Dow Chemical Company (Dow) to Dixie Carriers, Inc. (Dixie), and it was then operated by Dixie for the exclusive use of Dow in and around Dow’s barge canal pursuant to a time charter. The barge canal which is more than five…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
- The Dow Chemical Company, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. Dixie Carriers, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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