Legal Opinion
Buffalo Bayou Transportation Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1967No. 23308_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from a judgment of the district court dismissing the libel brought against the United States for property damage which resulted when libelants’ barges crashed into a wrecked vessel sunken in the Mississippi River. The question presented is whether the Wreck Act 1 imposed a mandatory duty upon the Secretary of the Army to remove the wreck from the river. The district court held that it did not for the reason that the Secretary may either remove a wreck or mark and light it properly. Since the latter alternative was accomplished here, the libel was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Somerset Seafood Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- In Re Eastern Transp. Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1952
- Petition of Highlands Nav. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- United States v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Zubik v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Linda Chapman, and Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- 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
- Williams by and Through Sharpley v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1983
- Eddie Tyrone Cranford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
- Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. The Tug CrochetCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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