Legal Opinion
National Development Co. v. City of Long Beach
District Court, S.D. California
Decided March 21, 1960No. 808-57-TCPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THURMOND CLARKE, District Judge.
This action is the result of the grounding of the Dona Aurora, a vessel owned by libelant National Development Company, Inc., on a breakwater belonging to the City of Long Beach. The casualty occurred as Dona Aurora was entering the harbor of Long Beach. We have concluded that Sigurd A. Ougland, a pilot furnished by the City of Long Beach through a contract subsisting between the City and J. A. Jacobsen & Company, Inc. had taken the conn of the vessel some fifteen minutes prior to the grounding. The atmospheric conditions on the day of the casualty were…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- The AriadneSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Ralli v. TroopSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- The MadisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- Union Shipping & Trading Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Matheson v. Norfolk & North America Steam Shipping Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- United States of America, and v. Ss President Van Buren, Etc., American President Lines, Ltd., Third-Party and v. City of Long Beach, Third-Party AndCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- United States v. SorianoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- State of Wash. v. M/V DILKARADistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1979
- United States v. Dewey Soriano, Petition of American Mail Line Ltd., a Corporation, Owner Pro Hac Vice of the American Oil Screw Island Mall, Official No. 421157, for Exoneration of Liability United Pacific Insurance Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966