Legal Opinion
In Re the Complaint of Rio Grande Transport, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 19, 1981No. 78 Civ. 2702, 78 Civ. 5972PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PIERCE, District Judge.
On June 12, 1978, the S.S. Yellowstone, a ship owned by Rio Grande Transport, Inc. (“Rio Grande”), a New York corporation, carrying a cargo of grain destined for Tunisia, collided in the Mediterranean Sea with the M/V Ibn Batouta, a cargo ship owned by Compagnie Nationale Algerienne de Navigation (“CNAN”). The collision allegedly resulted in the sinking of the Yellowstone, the death of five of her crew-members, injury to several other crewmembers, the total loss of her cargo, property loss of her crewmembers, and damage to the Ibn Batouta.
On June 13,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cunard Steamship Co. v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Texas Trading & Milling Corp. v. Federal Republic of NigeriaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- British Transport Commission v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Vencedora Oceanica Navigacion, S.A. v. Compagnie Nationale Algerienne De NavigationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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