Legal Opinion
American Bridge Division, United States Steel Corp. v. Roen Steamship Co.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 29, 1963No. 59-C-100PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is an action in admiralty in which libelant alleges that respondents’ tug, John Purves, while towing libelant’s barge A.B. No. 71 in Lake Erie, negligently caused the barge to capsize. As a result of the capsizing, certain equipment belonging to libelant which was loaded aboard the barge was lost. By stipulation, the issue of liability has been severed from the issue of damages. The testimony and evidence show the facts to be as follows:
In the late summer of 1957, construction of the Mackinac Bridge was being completed, and libelant, which had built the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co. v. River Terminals Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Dixilyn Drilling Corp. v. Crescent Towing & Salvage Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Curtis Bay Towing Co. Of Virginia, Inc. v. Southern Lighterage Corp. The J. Alvah Clark. The Covered WagonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Valentine Waterways Corporation v. Tug ChoptankDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1966
- In Re Great Lakes Towing CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1972
- American Bridge Division, United States Steel Corp. v. Roen Steamship Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
- Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad v. Motorship Buko MaruDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1972
- American Bridge Division, United States Steel Corporation v. Roen Steamship CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
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