Legal Opinion
Firemen's Fund Insurance v. Standard Oil Co. of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1964No. Nos. 18404-18408PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge:
These are five admiralty actions consolidated for trial, and on appeal. Appellants are individual boat owners and various insurance companies who had paid for damage to, and “clean-up” of, various private pleasure yachts, which had been anchox'ed in Los Angeles Harbor, primarily in and about the Yacht Centre, Inc. This corporation occupied harbor space pui’suant to a lease granted by the Board of Hai’bor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles (hereinafter the “City”). The damage occurx-ed as a result of an “oil spill” which itself occurred in the following manner.
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- Perlman v. FeldmannDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1953
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Atlas Building Products Co. v. Diamond Block & Gravel Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
- Firemen's Fund Insurance Company v. Standard Oil Company of California, the City of Los Angeles v. Fire Association of Philadelphia, Yacht Centre, Inc. v. Standard Oil Company of California, the City of Los Angeles v. D. R. Gustaveson, Great American Insurance Company v. Standard Oil Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964