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United Fruit Co. v. Mobile Towing & Wrecking Co.

District Court, S.D. Alabama

Decided September 30, 1959No. 2558, 2588PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, District Judge.

This is a consolidated action in Admiralty, involving two different suits and a Fifty-Sixth Rule Petition, 28 U.S.C.A., arising out of events which occurred on the night of November 22, 1954, on the east side of Mobile River, when the United Fruit Company’s S.S. Veragua, while shifting in Mobile Harbor, touched up against a moored vessel, the S.S. Silver Mariner, owned by the United States of America. United Fruit Company, seeking recompense for damages suffered by the Veragua, brought its libel, in personam, against Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company, Inc., whose tugs…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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  2. Stevens v. the White CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. The LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
  4. Sturgis v. BoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
  5. The Clarita and the ClaraSupreme Court of the United States · 1875

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  4. People v. Italian Motorship IliceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
  5. General v. Pilots' Ass'n for Bay & River DelawareDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1966

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