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Cope v. Vallette Dry Dock Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 10, 1887No. 80PublishedCited by 130 opinions

APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP LOUISIANA. This was an appeal from a decree of the Circuit • Court dismissing a libel for salvage for want- of jurisdiction. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. / cited: Ghen v. Bich, 8 Fed.

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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP LOUISIANA. This was an appeal from a decree of the Circuit • Court dismissing a libel for salvage for want- of jurisdiction. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. / cited: Ghen v. Bich, 8 Fed. Eep.- 159; Taber v. Jenny, 1 -Sprague, 315; Bartlett v. Budd, 1 Lowell, 223; Swift v. Gifford, 2 Lowell, 110; Fifty Thouscmd Feet of Timber, 2.Lowell, 64; Twenty-three Bales of Cotton, 9 Ben. 48; 2 Twiss’ Black Book of Adm. 471; 3 lb. 439. cited: The Hendrick Hudson, 3 Ben. 419; Opinion of Mr. Justice Woods In this…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley

This is a libel for salvage filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by the owners of the steam-tug' ,Col. L. Aspinwall, her master and crew, and the owner of the-steam-tug Joseph Cooper, and her crew, against the Yallette-Dry Dock Company of New Orleans, to recover salvage for-salving the company’s dry-dock .at Algiers, opposite New Orleans, from sinking and becoming a total loss. According to the allegations of the libel, the said dry-dock was run into by the steamship Clintonia, which did not obey her helm, and by the force of the collision a large.hole was broken…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fifty Thousand Feet of TimberDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1871

3Cited by130 opinions

  1. Stewart v. Dutra Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 2005
  2. The Robert W. ParsonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. Robert Bernard v. Binnings Construction Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  4. Lozman v. City of Riviera BeachSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  5. David Burchett and Cheryl Burchett v. Cargill, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee v. Marine Equipment Management CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995

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