Legal Opinion
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
Decided March 19, 1984No. 81-3366PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal comes to us from a judgment on the pleadings in favor of appellees who were defendants and third-party defendants in six consolidated admiralty cases intertwined in a 1977 collision of the M/V DAUNTLESS COLOCOTRONIS (DAUNTLESS) with a sunken wreck. The appellees are alleged to have caused the sinking three years before the DAUNTLESS collided with the wreck, unmarked by its owner or the United States, each of whom is alleged to have been responsible for marking or removing the wreck under the Wreck Act.1 The ruling appealed from is the district court’s…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Indian Towing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. Reliable Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Loose v. Offshore Navigation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Willard H. Lane v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Donaghey v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Becker v. Tidewater, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- Exxon Co. v. Sofec, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Stolt Achievement, Ltd. v. Dredge B.E. LindholmCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
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