Legal Opinion
Dubuque Boat & Boiler Co. v. Oil Screw Commander
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided March 18, 1966No. 936PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.
Libelant filed this action attempting to invoke the original admiralty jurisdiction *924of this Court upon an alleged cause of contract, civil and maritime, against the M/V COMMANDER, in rem, and against Stanleigh R. Palmer, Jr., her owner, in personam. There is no possible federal jurisdictional base except admiralty.
Libelant alleged that certain materials, supplies and equipment were furnished and certain work done by it on the vessel during the months of May to October, 1961, for which libelant was not paid. Motions to dismiss and for summary judgment questioning…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Kossick v. United Fruit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Lemke v. Farmers Grain Co. of EmbdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- People's Ferry Company of Boston v. BeersSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
- New Bedford Dry Dock Co. v. PurdySupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Thames Towboat Co. v. the Schooner "Francis McDonald"Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hatteras of Lauderdale, Inc. v. Gemini Lady (A Vessel)Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Company, Inc. v. C.N. Lloyd Brasileiro, the Hartford Insurance Company of Alabama, in PersonamCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- B & B Salvage & Rigging, Inc. v. M/V NORTH BENDDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1982
- Hatteras of Lauderdale, Inc. v. Gemini LadyDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1987
- Dagger v. U. S. N. S. SandsDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1968
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