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Paul J. Geertson, Donald Hogan, a Minor, by Paul Hogan, His Father and Next Friend, and Paul Hogan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 8, 1955No. 11461_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from a decree entered in favor of the libellants by the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in an action brought under the Public Vessels Act of 1925 1 for the recovery of damages for personal injuries and property damage allegedly sustained as the result of the negligence of the officer in command of a Coast Guard patrol boat which was engaged in towing the Anna G, a disabled boat which the injured libellants were aboard, to its dock in the harbor of Erie, Pennsylvania. The facts as shown by the evidence and the findings of…
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- P. Dougherty Co. v. United States. P. Dougherty Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- The ConnemaraSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- The L. P. DaytonSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Waterman S.S. Corp. v. Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Co., Limited the Sea FoxCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
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