Legal Opinion
Bisso v. Waterways Transportation Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1956No. 15464PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
In a pleader’s paradise of two hundred fourteen printed record pages of libels, cross-libels, impleading, petitions, answers, reconventions, and claims for contract and maritime salvage, towage, for damage and general average expense, the District Judge declared that The Kevin Moran, the command tug on a hawser ahead, and The Mary B., assisting on the starboard quarter, were liable for the stranding, in the entrance of Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, of *743The James L. Richards, a former vessel 359 feet long, 49-foot beam, operated as a seagoing barge without…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Coryell v. PhippsSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Stevens v. the White CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Galena Oaks Corporation v. Frank Scofield, Collector of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- The Steamer WebbSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Compania Anonima Venezolana De Navegacion (Venezuelan Line) v. A. J. Perez Export Company, Etc., and Tyler Refrigeration CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Mrs. Mae Frances Neal, Individually and the Minors, James Neal, Jr., Etc. v. Saga Shipping Co., S.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- King Fisher Marine Service, Inc. v. The Np Sunbonnet, Her Engines, Etc., and Newpark Marine Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Mid-America Transportation Company, Inc. v. National Marine Service, Inc., and M/v National Progress, Her Engines,boilers, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Ionion Steamship Company of Athens v. United Distillers of America, IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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