Bloomfield Steamship Company v. Brownsville Shrimp Exchange, as Owner of the the Linda Lee

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

On versions of disparity almost as great as the classic extravagance of collision occurring while both vessels are moving astern through the water, the District Court held the SS Genevieve Peterkin solely at fault for running down the small shrimper MV Linda Lee off the coast of Texas. Seeking a reversal, Genevieve Peterkin contends mightily that she, not Linda Lee, was the innocent one and ought to be exonerated altogether. But as the inevitable anchor to windward, Societa Anónima Navigazione Alta Italia v. Oil Transport Company, 5 Cir., 232 F.2d 422, failing on…