Legal Opinion
Sells
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 12, 1937No. 302PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a libel in rem against the scow, “Sells,” for damage which she caused when she broke adrift in the Hudson River on the morning of January 21, 1934. The “Sells” had been moored at the outside of a pier of the Plaza Sand & Stone Company at Yonkers, where she had been waiting for more than a month. The pier is about forty feet wide at the end, and the “Sells” was one hundred and twelve feet long; therefore she stuck out on each side for about thirty-six feet. " The pier is a hundred and twenty-five feet long, but only a few feet…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- The LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Exner v. Sherman Power Const. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- Weeks v. Wilson Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1894
- Rice v. Brooklyn Ash Removal Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- The LackawannaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by9 opinions
- Burns Bros. v. Long Island R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- The RobCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Vessels Atropos Island & CynthiaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Burklow & Associates, Inc. v. BelcherDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
- City of Chicago v. M/V MORGANDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2003
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.