Legal Opinion
Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Oil Screw Tug Maluco I
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1964No. 9211PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
A collision, “head and head”, between the tanker M/S Esso Potomac and Barge 127, in tow of the tug Maluco, on the *212Potomac River at Alexandria, Virginia, about 1 o’clock A. M., April 30, 1959 is the subject of this appeal. Appropriate libels posited the issue of fault on cross charges of the tanker and the tug.1 The District Court concluded the tanker was solely to blame; on its fact findings we think the tug was also derelict.
At the time, the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge connecting Virginia and Maryland in an east-west span was under construction. Cofferdams…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Lie v. San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- A. H. Bull S. S. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929
- Anthony v. International Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
- Ocean S. S. Co. of Savannah v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by14 opinions
- China Union Lines, Ltd., Mitsubishi International Corporation, Lan Jing-Chau, Armement Deppe, S.A. v. A. O. Andersen & Co., American Cyanamid CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel District v. LauritzenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge And Tunnel District v. J. LauritzenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- In Re Pacific Far East Line, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1970
- National Shipping Co. v. Moran Mid-Atlantic Corp.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1996
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