Legal Opinion
Oriental Trading & Transport Co. v. Gulf Oil Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 28, 1949No. 129, Docket 21173PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Chief Judge.
The Gulf Oil Corporation appeals from a decree in the admiralty, holding solely liable its ship, the “Gulfcoast,” for a col lision on the night of August 25, 1943, on the high seas, with the libellant’s ship, the “John A. Brown,” while both vessels were in convoy. Judge Byers has written an exceptionally careful and detailed opinion 1 which states the facts and the legal positions of the parties so completely that we shall use it as the basis of our discussion. Upon the appeal the Gulf Oil Company does not seek to excuse the “Gulfcoast,” but confines its argument to the…
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- The CorozalDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1944
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