Legal Opinion
In Re Bloomfield Steamship Company
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 13, 1964No. 6205, Division DPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, District Judge.
On October 1, 1963, the SS LUCILE BLOOMFIELD, owned and operated by Bloomfield Steamship Company, collided on the high seas outside the Port of LeHavre, France, with a Norwegian flag vessel, M/V RONDA, owned by A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi. The RONDA continued to LeHavre but capsized and sank at the quay as a result of a fracture to her hull. The LUCILE BLOOMFIELD was able to resume her voyage and return to the United States.
International Paper Company, et ah, owners of cargo aboard the RONDA, filed a libel on October 9, 1963 in the United States District Court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- British Transport Commission v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. v. MellorSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Motor Distributors, Limited v. Olaf Pedersen's Rederi A/s Owner of the Sunny PrinceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Jung Hyun Sook, Claimants-Appellants v. Great Pacific Shipping Company and Lasco Shipping Company, Complainants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Petition of Bloomfield Steamship Company, Petitioner-Appellant-Appellee, Shapiro & Whitehouse, Inc., Taylor Instrument Co., Claimants-Appellants. Petition of A/s J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bloomfield Steamship Company, Claimant-Appellant (And 2 Other Cases)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Bloomfield Steamship Company v. Charles S. Haight at Al.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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