Legal Opinion
Treakle v. Pocahontas Steamship Co.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 4, 1967No. Nos. 8523, 8531PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.
MEMORANDUM
These consolidated actions, standing on exceptive allegations to the libels (final action on which will determine the merits), raise rather novel questions in the admiralty field.
The various libelants were, during all pertinent times,1 pilots2 of tug boats owned and operated by Perry Towing Company and Coal Terminal Towing Corporation. The tugs were used, for the purpose of this proceeding, in assisting in the docking and undocking of oceangoing vessels at the Norfolk and Western Railway Company Coal Piers in the port of Hampton Roads. The tugs were…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- J. I. Case Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Sherwood Distilling Co., to Use of HoffenbergCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
3Cited by6 opinions
- Smith v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1986
- Nacirema Operating Co., Inc. v. SS Al KulsumDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1975
- Mercereau v. M/V WOODBINEDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1982
- Baum v. Whitehorse Marine, Inc.Norfolk County Circuit Court · 1996
- Treakle v. Pocahontas Steamship CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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