Legal Opinion
Construction Aggregates Corp. v. S. S. Azalea City
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided February 19, 1975No. Civ. A. 74-523PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WHIPPLE, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court on defendants’ motion to transfer this action from this Court to the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). The action is to recover damages as a' result of a ship’s anchor striking plaintiff’s equipment in a navigation channel in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, in September, 1971.
The complaint alleges that at the time of the accident plaintiff was engaged in dredging operations in Puerto Rican waters. The S.S. “Azalea City” was alleged to have negligently “dropped her…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Continental Grain Co. v. Barge FBL-585Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- The ChinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Homer Ramsdell Transportation Co. v. La Compagnie Générale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re International Marine Towing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Estate of Kauzlarich v. Exxon Company, USADistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1975
- Data General Corp. v. SkinnerDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1977