Legal Opinion
Geotechnical Corp. Of Delaware v. Pure Oil Co. Pizzo v. Geotechnical Corp. Of Delaware
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1952No. 13621_1PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The Pure Oil Company, which for brevity will be called Pure, brought a libel in personam against Geotechnical Corporation of Delaware, referred to as “Geotech”, to recover for the loss of Pure’s motor vessel Leo Huff while in use by Geotech in seismographic blasting operations in search of oil deposits off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Negligence on the part of employees of Geotech in exploding a charge of dynamite which sank the Huff is asserted. Geotech denies negligence; and specially claims that Pure parted with any right of recovery it might have had…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- O'BRIEN v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Texas and Pacific Railway Company v. Walter N. Buckles, Jr., and Silas R. StanleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Norma C. Guillot, Bobbie Lynn Guillot and Norman Andras v. Cenac Towing Company, Inc., as Owner of the Barge Murray MacCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Geotechnical Corp. Of Delaware v. Pure Oil CoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Pure Oil Company v. Geotechnical Corp. of DelawareDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1955
- Ocean Science & Engineering Inc. v. International Geomarine Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1970
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