Legal Opinion
Bunge Corp. v. Agri-Trans Corp.
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided August 4, 1982No. GC 79-106-WK-O, GC 80-224-WK-OPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
READY, Chief Judge.
In these consolidated admiralty actions, three questions arise. First, may the non-negligent owner of an abandoned sunken vessel obtain “prospective” indemnity against the negligent sinker for claims of third parties that might be asserted at some future date because of the presence of the sunken vessel in navigable waters? Second, may the non-negligent owner of an abandoned sunken vessel obtain declaratory relief against the government’s demand that it remove the wreck? Third, whether the government in one case established the sunken vessel to be a hazard…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Ashcroft v. MattisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Tri-State Oil Tool Industries, Inc. v. Delta Marine Drilling Company, Delta Marine Drilling Company v. Tri-State Oil Tool Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Rice Researchers, Inc. v. HiterMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Columbus-America Discovery Group, Inc. v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing VesselDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1990
- Nunley v. M/V Dauntless ColocotronisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Agri-Trans Corporation v. Gladders Barge Line, Inc., and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Unr Industries, Inc. v. American Mutual Liability InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
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