Legal Opinion
Seaboard Shipping Corp. v. Jocharanne Tugboat Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 25, 1972No. 616, Docket 71-2183PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Interpretation of the hoary and often poetic provisions of two marine insurance policies is necessitated by this appeal by Oceanus Mutual Underwriting Association, Ltd. (Oceanus) from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Dudley B. Bonsai, Judge) requiring the company to contribute a portion of a sum expended by Lloyd’s of London to remove from its grounding a stranded and damaged barge insured by both parties. The court found that the salving operation redounded to the benefit of all three of the vessel’s insurers…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- McFarland v. Chicago Exp., Inc. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. American Employers' Ins. Co. Of Boston, MassCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952
- Stuyvesant Insurance Company of New York v. Vincent Nardelli, Robert G. Nardelli and William NardelliCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Hawthorne v. Eckerson Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Continental Oil Company v. Bonanza Corporation, and Republic Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Armada Supply Inc. v. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Grupo Protexa, S.A. v. All American Marine SlipCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Southern California Edison Co. v. Harbor InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
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