Legal Opinion
Bergen v. F/V St. Patrick
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1987No. 86-3900PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
BACKGROUND
In October 1980, Daniel Whorton, Leroy Whorton, and a third investor formed a Virginia corporation to purchase and outfit the fishing vessel St. Patrick for scallop fishing in Alaska. William Wilson purchased the third investor’s 50% share in the enterprise in 1981.
The master and mate hired for the St. Patrick had considerable experience in fishing the North Atlantic. In September 1981, after an informal Coast Guard inspection of the boat in Anchorage, the owners were informed that the officers had to be licensed by the Coast Guard to sail outside territorial…
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