Legal Opinion

The Norfolk

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided March 14, 1924PublishedCited by 8 opinions

In Admiralty. Suit for collision by Vivian Phillips, as owner of the tug Cynthia, against the steamship Norfolk.

1Opinion of the Court

SOPER, District Judge.

The owner of the tug Cynthia filed a libel in rem in admiralty against the steamship Norfolk for damages-to the tug occasioned by a collision between the vessels on June 6, 1923, in the Baltimore harbor. The allegations of the libel itself, and the testimony of the libelant’s witnesses, establish conclusively that, whatever may be the cáse with the steamship, the tug was flagrantly and inexcusably at fault, as the following recital of facts offered on its behalf will show:

[1] The Cynthia is a bay and harbor tug, 558Ao feet long and 158/io feet wide; the Norfolk, a…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. The New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  3. Belden v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. The DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  5. Lie v. San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Pacific-Atlantic S. S. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
  2. Tidewater Associated Oil Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1945
  3. Williams v. Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1936
  4. Sadowski v. The Tug GremlinDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1957
  5. The St. LouisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1928

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