Legal Opinion
Ohio Barge Line, Inc. v. Dravo Corporation
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 11, 1971No. 71-33PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEIS, Jr., District Judge.
Few admiralty doctrines have received more criticism and with so little effect as that which holds that agreements for the construction of vessels are not maritime contracts and, hence, not within the purview of admiralty jurisdiction. 1 This holding has been repeated many times by decisions of the Supreme Court 2 and is now accepted as firmly established, albeit arguably inconsistent and illogical.
The defendant Dravo has invoked the principle once again as the basis for its Motion to Dismiss the plaintiff’s suit in this court.
The Complaint asserts that the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Webb v. ZernSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Levering & Garrigues Co. v. MorrinSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Shirley J. Lindsay, of the Estate of John Douglas Lindsay, Deceased v. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Pan-Alaska Fisheries, Inc. v. Marine Construction & Design Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Higginbotham v. Mobil Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Todd Shipyards Corp. v. Turbine Service, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1978
- Ocean Barge Transport Co. v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. Mintec/international, a Division of Barber-Green CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
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