Legal Opinion
Union Oil Company of California v. The Tug Mary Malloy, Her Engines, Tackle, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1969No. 27408PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
This suit in admiralty was brought by the Union Oil Company of California as owner of the tanker PURE OIL against the tug MARY MALLOY for damages sustained by the tanker in a collision on the inland waterways near Port Arthur, Texas. The trial court found that the accident was the sole responsibility of the MARY MALLOY and awarded damages to the plaintiff in the amount of $22,508.47. On this appeal, Levingston Shipbuilding Company, as owner of the MARY MALLOY, attacks the findings of the trial court as clearly erroneous and advances its own theory as to the cause of…
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