Legal Opinion
Tucker v. Socony No. 9
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 30, 1948No. Nos. 247, 248, Dockets 20956, 20957PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from decrees in consolidated causes holding the appellant’s tug John J. Tucker solely liable for a collision in the Arthur Kill on the night of December 18, 1944. The facts as found by the trial judge are stated in detail in his opinion,1 and need be repeated here only so fai as necessary to understand the appellant’s contentions. The collision occurred on the Staten Island side of the channel and about 200 feet northeast of Buoy No. 4. The contact was between the starboard quarter of the Tucker tug, which was bound down the Kill with a tank barge light,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Henry Du Bois Sons Co. v. A/S Ivarans RederiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Socony Vacuum Transp. Co. v. Gypsum Packet Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Southern Transp. Co. v. Dauntless Towing LineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Ariosa v. SegundoSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- The John J. TuckerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1947
3Cited by5 opinions
- Compania De Navegacion Cebaco, S. A. v. the Steel FlyerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- Mathieson Chemical Corp. v. SadieDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1950
- City of Mount Vernon, New York v. The Esso No. 5 the Esso No. 12. Esso Standard Oil Co. v. City of Mount Vernon, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Compania Carreto De Navigation v. Tug SagamoreDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Standard Oil Co. v. Calmar Steamship Corp.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1954