Legal Opinion
Walter Douglas Nunley v. M/v Dauntless Colocotronis, United States of America and Combi Lines v. Point Landing, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1983No. 81-3366PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Circuit Judge:
A barge was sunk in 1974 when struck by other vessels that had broken loose from their moorings upstream, allegedly through the negligence of upriver tortfeasors. The sunken vessel was struck three years later, at that time unmarked in presence, by another vessel. The central issue of this appeal is whether the initial tortfeasors are relieved as a matter of law of liability for damages resulting from the subsequent collision because of the failure of the sunken vessel’s owner or of the United States to perform any duties of marking or removing the sunken vessel imposed by…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Indian Towing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. Reliable Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,714 Edwin J. Herpich v. Robert H. Wallace, Jack E. LoveCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Complaint of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Continental Oil Company v. Bonanza Corporation, and Republic Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Walter Douglas Nunley v. M/v Dauntless Colocotronis, United States of America and Combi Lines v. Point Landing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Inland Tugs Company and American Barge Line Co. v. The Ohio River Company, Defendant-Third Party and United States of America, Defendant-Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Caletka v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1996
- Hebert v. Exxon Corp.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1987
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