Legal Opinion
The Pan-Am
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 25, 1945No. 8693PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Circuit Judge.
The United States filed a libel against the Oil Tanker Pan-Am alleging breach of the Oil Pollution Act, Act of June 7, 1924, 33 U.S.C.A. § 431 et seq., in that the vessel had discharged oil into coastal navigable waters of the United States. The ship’s answer set up as a defense that after leaving Curacao in the Netherlands West Indies on August 8, 1941, on August 11 the vessel encountered strong northwest1 winds which strained her; that the master observed that oil had escaped through the vessel’s seams; that any seepage of oil into the coastal navigable waters of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hegglund v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
- The President CoolidgeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. The CatherineCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- United States v. CatherineDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1953
- United States v. BoulderDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1964
- United States v. Vessel JupiterDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1957