Legal Opinion
Complaint of Harbor Towing Corporation
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided November 10, 1971No. Civ. A. 71-20PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORTHROP, Chief Judge.
Harbor Towing Corporation has filed a petition in this court pursuant to 46 U.S.C. § 185, for limitation of liability that it may incur as a result of an oil spillage in the Baltimore harbor. In the present motions, two claimants, the State of Maryland, Department of Natural Resources and the Maryland Port Author ity, and Humble Oil & Refining Company, seek a ruling that their claims for monies expended in clean-up operations should not be subject to limitation.
Briefly stated, the facts as they are now alleged, appear as follows: At 12:-30 a. m. on July 12, 1970,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- The City of NorwichSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. DahlSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Olympic Towing Corporation v. Nebel Towing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Place and Others v. Norwich & New York Transp. CoSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. Ohio Valley Company, Inc., in Personam, and M/v John Fitzgerald, Her Engines, Tackle, Appurtenances, Etc., in RemCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Belcher v. Government Employees InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- Steuart Transportation Co. v. Allied Towing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- In Re the Complaint of Oswego Barge Corp.District Court, N.D. New York · 1977
- Woodfin Equities Corp. v. Harford Mutual InsuranceCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1996
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