Legal Opinion
New York Telephone Co. v. Cities Service Transp. Co.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 17, 1938No. 14005PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ABRUZZO, District Judge.
This is a libel brought by the owners of a submarine cable laid upon and across the bed of the Kill Von Kull from' Port Richmond, Staten Island, in the state of New York, to Bayonne in the state of New Jersey. The cable relayed telephone messages between the city and state of New York and various points in the United States. The messages related to matters of maritime import.
*427The claim of the libelants is that on February 6, 1932, the oil tanker Cities Service Empire, owned by the respondent Cities Service Transportation Company, fouled its anchor upon the libelants’…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. P. Sanford Ross, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1915
- United States v. North German LloydDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1917
- Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha v. Great Western Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927
3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. the John R. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Standard Oil Co. v. S. S. Cities Service MissouriDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1941
- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. M/V Cape FearDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1991
- City of Perth Amboy v. N. N. Petterson Lighterage Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1945