Legal Opinion
The Rocona v. Guy F. Atkinson Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1949No. 11885PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DRIVER, District Judge.
This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree in admiralty adjudging the appellants liable for damage to appellee’s un-powered barge and for the partial loss of its cargo.
In March, 1945, appellee was constructing a mole in Los Angeles Harbor, and, in the prosecution of the work, was using a number of barges to transport rock from Catalina Island. About 1:30 p. m., on March 31, appellant Tug Rocona, hereafter called the Rocona, operating under a contract of hire, took in tow appellee’s Barge No. 4414 and another barge, which had been loaded with rock by appellee at the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- San Juan Light & Transit Co. v. RequenaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Gray v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1944
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
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- United States v. Tobias Ebinger, Doing Business Under the Name of N. Roth Plumbing & Heating Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Geo. W. Rogers Construction Corporation v. Tug Ocean KingDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1965
- Long v. Union Pacific R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
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