Legal Opinion
Complaint of Brown
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided April 19, 1982No. Civ. A. C 81-2576PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ANN ALDRICH, District Judge.
Pending before the Court is claimant Edwin J. Smith’s Motion to Dismiss this action, which seeks exoneration from, or limitation of, liability under the provisions of the Shipowners’ Limitation of Liability Act, 46 U.S.C. § 181 et seq. (“Act”).
For the reasons set forth below, the Motion to Dismiss, treated as a motion for summary judgment, Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b), is denied.
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The relevant facts in this case are not in dispute and may be stated very simply. A boat owned by Kevin Brown (“Plaintiff”) collided with a boat owned by Edwin Smith…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. TimmreckSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Just v. ChambersSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by10 opinions
- In the Matter of the Complaint of Everett A. Sisson, as Owner of the Motor Yacht, the Ultorian, for Exoneration From or Limitation of LiabilityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Keys Jet Ski, Inc. v. KaysCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
- Keys Jet Ski, Inc. v. KaysCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- In Re the Complaint of SissonDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1987
- Matter of LowingDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1986
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