Legal Opinion
The Omaha
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided April 30, 1947No. 6PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOPER, District Judge.
On the morning of November 6, 1941, the U.S.S. Omaha and the U.S.S. Somers were on neutrality patrol at approximately longitude 27.47 West and latitude 0.55 North, that is, north of the equator, halfway between the hump of Brazil and the bulge of Africa. A puff of smoke was sighted upon the horizon and the captain of the U.S.S. Omaha stood toward the smoke and later a vessel hove into sight, taking, apparently, evasive courses. She was hailed and, as she gave unsatisfactory answers, she was ordered to heave to.
Thereupon, there was unfolded one of the great dramas of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- New Harbor Protection Co. v. Steamer Charles P. ChouteauDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1881
- The RichmondCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
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