Legal Opinion
Great Lakes Towing Co. v. American S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1948No. 10485PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The suit was in admiralty, brought by the appellee as libelant, for the negligent tow-age of its steamer Consumers Power by the steam tug Idaho. The District Court found both vessels at fault and entered an interlocutory decree, dividing the damages. While the appellee did not appeal, it filed timely cross-assignments of error.
Consumers Power was a steel construction steam vessel, 512 feet long, with a 56-foot beam. In the early morning of May 8, 1945, it was anchored at Chesapeake and Ohio Dock, Number 3, Toledo, in a 200-foot wide slip, with her starboard side to the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Sun Oil Co. v. Dalzell Towing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- The Steamer SyracuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Compania De Navegacion Interior, S. A. v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- The ClevecoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1946
- The OceanicaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Dow Chemical Company v. Tug Thomas AllenDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1972
- Koehler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Walter G. Hougland, Inc. v. Muscovalley. The Walter G. Hougland. The J W SCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1950
- Boston Metals Co. v. The Winding Gulf the St. FrancisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
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