Legal Opinion
Petition of Klarman
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 17, 1967No. Admiralty 4788PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Chief Judge.
QUESTION PRESENTED
In this proceeding in admiralty brought by the owner of a sailing vessel, pursuant to 46 U.S.C. §§ 181-195, for exoneration from or limitation of liability with respect to a fatal accident involving petitioner’s sloop, the essential question presented by petitioner’s, motion to implead, pursuant to Rule 14 (c), Fed.R.Civ.P., is whether impleader is. available to a petitioner in a limitation of liability proceeding.
The Court holds that a limitation of liability petitioner is entitled to the benefits of federal third-party practice; accordingly,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- The Tungus v. SkovgaardSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Hess v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- British Transport Commission v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Norma C. Guillot, Bobbie Lynn Guillot and Norman Andras v. Cenac Towing Company, Inc., as Owner of the Barge Murray MacCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Rose v. HeislerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
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3Cited by9 opinions
- McCann v. Falgout Boat Co.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1968
- Klarman v. SantiniCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Petition of KlarmanDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1968
- Montauk Oil Transportation Corp. v. Steamship Mutual Underwriting Ass'n (Bermuda)District Court, S.D. New York · 1994
- In re the Libel of McAninchDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1975
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