Legal Opinion
Crescent Towing & Salvage Company v. Dixilyn Drilling Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1962No. 19148_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The appellant (Crescent) and the appellee (Dixilyn) were respondents to a libel filed by the Mississippi State Highway Commission, the City of Natchez, and the Highway Department of the State of Louisiana for $41,363.24 damages sustained by the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge when Dixilyn’s Julie Ann, an offshore drilling barge, collided with the underside of the bridge. The Julie Ann was being towed down the Mississippi River by Crescent pursuant to its contract with Dixilyn. Crescent and Dixilyn jointly paid the amount of the libelants’ claim under a stipulation approved by the…
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- Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co. v. River Terminals Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Jacksonville Terminal Company v. Railway Express Agency, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Batson-Cook Co. v. Industrial Steel ErectorsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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- Miller and Company of Birmingham, Inc. v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
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- Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. v. The Mobile Drilling BargeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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