Legal Opinion
Hess Shipping Corp. v. SS Charles Lykes
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided May 28, 1968No. Civ. A. Nos. 4340-66, 4341-66PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, Chief Judge.
This consolidated litigation arises out of a collision between the SS CHARLES LYKES and the ST HESS VOYAGER which occurred on the night of March 3, 1966, at approximately 2210 hours in the Upper Reach of Mobile Bay Ship Channel near Buoy No. 42, about one mile south of the mouth of the Mobile River.
Hess Shipping Corporation as owner and operator of the ST HESS VOYAGER filed suit for its damages against Lykes Brothers Steamship Co., Inc. as owner and operator of the SS CHARLES LYKES and against the SS CHARLES LYKES in rem, and Lykes Brothers Steamship…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Compania De Maderas De Caibarien, S. A. v. The Queenston Heights, Etc., Esso Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Continental Oil Company v. MS GLENVILLEDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1962
- The MedfordDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1946
- Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. v. HeldenfelsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
- Universal Ins. v. The Coast BankerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Alkmeon Naviera v. MarinaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980