Legal Opinion
Petition of Porter
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided May 4, 1967No. 64-H-157PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SEALS, District Judge.
Claimants Katheryn Skinner Bell and Jack R. Fulton and wife, Mae Belle G. Fulton, have filed a motion to dismiss the above styled and numbered cause for want of jurisdiction. Claimants further request that in the event that the motion to dismiss is denied, this Court certify an interlocutory appeal to the Court of Appeals. The sole question presented for determination at this time is whether the Limitation of Liability Act may be properly applied to a twenty-nine foot pleasure craft such as the JULAINE. The portions of the statute relevant to this…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Just v. ChambersSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Coryell v. PhippsSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Feige v. HurleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1937
- Petition of Colonial Trust CompanyDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1954
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Joyce St. Hilaire Moye v. Emmett Henderson and Doris CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Gibboney v. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Richards v. Blake Builders Supply Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- In the Matter of the Complaint of Everett A. Sisson, as Owner of the Motor Yacht, the Ultorian, for Exoneration From or Limitation of LiabilityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Armour v. GradlerDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
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