Legal Opinion
Jesse Noel v. Isbrandtsen Company, Incorporated, a Corporation, and United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 9, 1961No. 8150_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
A marine surveyor who sustained injuries in a fall while engaged in an inspection of the steamship William Bevan, owned by the United States and under bare-boat charter to Isbrandtsen Company, filed a three-pronged libel in admiralty. The libellant, Jesse Noel, described his action as one in personam against the United States and Isbrandt-sen upon the familiar grounds, first, unseaworthiness of the vessel, and second, negligence of the respondents. His third cause of action was a libel in rem against the vessel upon a novel theory of the ship’s liability for personal…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- West v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- The ChinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Felice Grillea v. United States and National Shipping AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- United States v. Brig Malek AdhelSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc. v. Antero Perez Rodriguez, LibelantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
- The People Of The State Of California v. The Italian Motorship IliceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Bissett-Berman Corporation, Pike Corporation of America, Western Offshore Drilling and Exploration Company and M/v Nesco ICourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Rudolph E. Hill v. B.F. Diamond, Trading as Diamond Construction Company, John Gence Hodges v. B. F. Diamond, Trading as Diamond Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
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