Legal Opinion
Board of Commissioners v. M/V Farmsum
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1978No. 75-3008PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
On the night of July 20, 1973, at 10:50 p. m., M/V FARMSUM, on a course up the Mississippi River, collided with the Governor Nicholls Street Wharf in the Port of New Orleans and caused $35,000 in damages to the wharf. The owner of the wharf, the Board of Commissioners, brought suit in rem against M/V FARM-SUM and in personam against the vessel’s owner and operator, N. V. Stoomvaart-Maatschaapij “Oostzee.”1 The owners of M/V FARMSUM filed a third-party complaint against the Ingram Barge Company, owner and operator of the tug M/V O. H. INGRAM, alleging that INGRAM had…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- United States v. Reliable Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- The OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- The ChinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by15 opinions
- The First National Bank of Chicago, of the Will of Wayne J. Hart, Deceased, Cross-Appellant v. Material Service Corporation, a Corporation, CrossCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Allied Chemical Corporation v. Hess Tankship Company of Delaware, Amerada Hess Corporation, Defendants-Appellees-Cross American Hull Syndicate, Defendants-Third Party v. Allied Towing Corporation as Owner of the Tug Socrates, Third Party Defendants-Appellants-Cross v. Defelice Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Allied Chemical Corp. v. Hess Tankship Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Harbor Tug & Barge, Inc., a Corporation v. Belcher Towing Company, Belcher Towing Company, Third Party v. Carl N. Brown, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans v. M/v Farmsum, Her Engines, Etc., in Rem, and N. v. Stoomvaart Maatschaapij "Oostzee", in Personam v. Tug O. H. Ingram, Her Engines, Etc. In Rem, and Ingram Barge Company, a Division of Ingram Corporation, in Personam, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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