Legal Opinion · Dissent

Cross Contracting Co. v. Law

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 17, 1972No. 71-1037Published

1DissentGodbold, Circuit Judge

(specially concurring in part and dissenting in part):

As to the cross-appeal only, I would reverse. The District Court found there was no pending freight because there was no voyage, and the majority opinion appears to do the same. The term “voyage” is not a qualitative term describing the type of endeavor in which a vessel is engaged and restricting limitation of liability proceedings to those vessels which move across the water from one point to, another. It is a sequential term, separating one adventure or undertaking or trip from another, employed as a means of dividing the activities of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. La BourgogneSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. The Main v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. The RamblerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
  4. In Re W. E. Hedger Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  5. Brashear v. Union Dredging Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939

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