Legal Opinion
Brazil Oiticica, Ltd. v. the Bill
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided November 28, 1942No. 2533PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
This admiralty case is a libel in rem to recover for a cargo loss. On January 24, 1942 Brazil Oiticica, Ltd., S/A shipped 385,000 kilos (848,925 lbs.) of oiticica oil at Ceara, Brazil, in the starboard and port deep tanks of the SS “Bill”, for carriage to New York. Approximately 190 long tons (425,600 lbs.) of the oil were stowed in the starboard deep tank. When stowage of the oil was completed the depth of the oil in that tank was 20 feet with an ullage of about 3 feet. Upon the arrival of the vessel in New York there remained only a few inches of oil in the starboard…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Schnell v. the VallescuraSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- The SilviaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- The FolminaSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Waterman S. S. Corp. v. United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
- Tropical Marine Products, Inc. v. Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Heinrich C. Horn, of the M/s Heinz Horn v. Cia De Navegacion Fruco, S.A. And J. R. Atkins, D/B/A Alabama Fruit and Produce Companu, Cia De Navegacion Fruco, S.A. And J. R. Atkins, D/B/A Albama Fruit and Produce Company v. Heinrich C. Horn, of the M/s Heinz HornCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Brazil Oiticica, Ltd. v. the BillDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1944
- Horn v. Cia de Navegacion FrucoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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