Legal Opinion
United States v. Maryland Casualty Company, United States of America v. Hibernia National Bank in New Orleans
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1956No. 15964_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
Over the objection of two holders of ordinary, simple non-maritime, non-preferred mortgages covering the tugs Dixie and Juno, the District Court declined to permit the Government to file against the proceeds of the sale of the tugs interventions asserting claims 1 for collision damage to governmental navigational aids and works. Resisting the importunities through a literal application of its local Admiralty Rule 32 2 to being involved in the elusive question of its validity as an attempt to alter substantive principles or authoritative Supremo Court Rules, cf.…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- United States v. SummerlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- The LottawannaSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- The OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- The HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- The J. E. RumbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Compania Anonima Venezolana De Navegacion (Venezuelan Line) v. A. J. Perez Export Company, Etc., and Tyler Refrigeration CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Point Landing, Inc., Intervenor v. Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Texas Gulf Sulphur Company v. Blue Stack Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York v. C/b Mr. Kim, Its Engines, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- George F. Crabtree v. The Ss Julia, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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