Legal Opinion
Centraal Stikstof Verkoopkantoor, N v. V. Alabama State Docks Department and Gulf American Fire & Casualty Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 15, 1969No. 24045PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge.
On September 24, 1965, appellant, Centraal Stikstof Verkoopkantoor, N.V. (C.S.V.), filed a complaint against Alabama State Docks Department (Docks) and Gulf American Fire & Casualty Company (Gulf). The complaint alleges that Docks had breached its storage contract with C.S.V. Relief was sought against Gulf as surety on its bond with Docks. Both Docks and Gulf moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that (1) Docks was an agency of the State of Alabama and immune from suit, and (2) if the immunity defense had been waived, C.S.V. was barred by the two year statute of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Parden v. Terminal Railway of Alabama State Docks DepartmentSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- State Docks Commission v. BarnesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- DeLong Corporation v. Oregon State Highway Com'nDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1964
- Centraal Stikstof Verkoopkanter, N. v. V. Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- S. J. Groves & Sons Co. v. New Jersey Turnpike AuthorityDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1967
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Fifty Associates, a Massachusetts Corporation v. The Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Hutchinson v. Board of Trustees of University of AlabamaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
- Tradigrain, Inc. v. Mississippi State Port AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Huber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc. v. Architectural Stone Co., Inc., a Louisiana Corporation, and State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Intracoastal Transportation, Inc., and Anderson Marine Construction, Inc. v. Decatur County, Georgia, Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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