Legal Opinion
Bird v. S. S. Fortuna
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 29, 1966No. Nos. 64-7, 64-10PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GARRITY, District Judge.
These are companion cases in admiralty brought by two consignees of a cargo of sisal shipped from Brazil on February 7, 1962 on the SS FORTUNA and discharged on February 21, 1962 at the Castle Island Terminal, Boston, Massachusetts, of which the defendant Wiggin Terminals, Inc. (hereinafter called Wig-gin) is the lessee. The sisal was damaged by water and the plaintiffs sued the ship, her owners and operators (hereinafter referred to in the singular as Norton Line) and, in No. 64-7, Wiggin which was also named as a defendant in a cross-libel filed by Norton…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co. v. River Terminals Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company v. Export Drum Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Lichten v. Eastern Airlines, IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Galveston Wharf Co. v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- E. B. Ackerman Importing Co. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by4 opinions
- S. S. Kresge Co. v. Port of LongviewCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1977
- Maryland Port Administration v. SS American LegendDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1978
- Borough v. Abram DemareeNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2004
- Langer v. US Green Energy Technologies, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 2020