Legal Opinion

Zubik v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided July 11, 1951No. 10449_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises objections to the seizure and proposed sale by the United States of a river barge alleged to belong to appellant.

On April 5, 1951 a libel in personam under the Suits in Admiralty Act was filed in behalf of appellant Zubik against the United States in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The libel asserted that on November 28, 1950 an iron-laden steel barge belonging to American Barge Lines Co. broke loose from its moorings in the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh, struck a pier and sank to the bottom of the navigable channel. The…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. President of the Monongahela Bridge Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. The ManhattanDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1935
  3. Petition of Highlands Nav. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
  4. Loud v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1923
  5. Gulf Coast Transp. Co. v. Ruddock-Orleans Cypress Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1927

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Hines, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
  3. Buffalo Bayou Transportation Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  4. United States v. Charles ZubikCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
  5. United States v. Chesapeake & Delaware Shipyard, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1974

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