Legal Opinion
The Snug Harbor
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 23, 1930PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALSTON, District Judge.
The petitioner seeks to limit its liability for damages sustained by the barges Win-stead and Vermillion, which, while on a voyage from Norfolk to Boston, laden with coal, and while passing between Montauk Point and Block Island, struck an obstruction and sank approximately four and a half miles east by north from Montauk Light.
Suits were begun in the United States District Court for the Eastern, District of Virginia by the Eastern Transportation Company, as owner and operator of the barge John II. Winstead and the bailee of the cargo thereon, and as operator of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Eastern Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Eastern S. S. Corp. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1919
- James Shewan & Sons, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- United States v. Eastern Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1930
- Eastern Transp. Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1928
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3Cited by4 opinions
- The Snug HarborDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1931
- In Re Steamtug Central States, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1935
- Hebert v. Exxon Corp.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1987
- In re WheelerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1931