Legal Opinion
Todd Shipyards Corporation v. United States
District Court, D. Maine
Decided January 14, 1947No. 33PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETERS, District Judge.
The libellant here seeks to recover for damage to its property caused by the failure of a boom block alleged to be due to negligence in its construction by the manufacturer, respondent Steel Products Company.
The block was not purchased of that company by the libellant, but was furnished by the Navy Department for which the libellant was repairing a vessel when the block broke, — according to the allegations in the libel.
The respondent, Steel Products Company, has filed what is entitled a plea to the jurisdiction. It takes the form of a motion to dismiss because no cause…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Sieracki v. Seas Shipping Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
- Spencer v. MadsenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- Laclede Steel Co. v. Silas Mason Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1946
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- Harrist v. Spencer-Harris Tool Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1962
- Freeman v. NavarreWashington Supreme Court · 1955
- Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. American President Lines, Ltd.District Court, N.D. California · 1971
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