Legal Opinion
City of Long Beach v. American President Lines, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 14, 1955No. 13972PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.
This is an admiralty appeal.
On April 19, 1950, the President Van Burén,1 a C-3 cargo steam vessel, collided with a finger pier at Forster’s shipyard in Los Angeles Harbor, doing consequent damage to the piers of Forster and a small fishing boat and a barge of a fishing company.
Pertinent facts follow. On the date mentioned the President Van Burén was being shifted from Berth 145, Wilmington, Los Angeles Harbor, to the Procter & Gamble dock in Long Beach Harbor. The course of the shift begins in a channel of the west basin of Los Angeles Harbor, proceeds thence southerly…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Boston Metals Co. v. the Winding GulfSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Roscoe Moss Co. v. JenkinsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942
- United States v. NielsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Gay Cottons, United States of America and Shalom Baby WearCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Royal Caribbean Corp. And Caribbean Cruise Line, Ltd. v. Puerto Rico Ports AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Pacific Tow Boat Company v. States Marine Corporation Of DelawareCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Emery H. JoyceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- United States of America, and v. Ss President Van Buren, Etc., American President Lines, Ltd., Third-Party and v. City of Long Beach, Third-Party AndCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
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