Legal Opinion
Richmond Marine Panama, S.A. v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 14, 1972No. 67 Civ. 5012PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GURFEIN, District Judge.
This is an action by the plaintiff, Richmond Marine Panama, S. A., to recover damage to its vessel, Olympic Pioneer when she touched bottom on February 12, 1967 in the vicinity of the junction of the Chester Range and the Marcus Hook Range of the Delaware River. There is a buoy 1C maintained by the United States Coast Guard in that vicinity. The suit against the United States is based on the theory that the United States was negligent in placing and maintaining buoy 1C in that the buoy was beyond the channel rather than at its outer edge as shown on the chart…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Canadian Aviator, Ltd. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- De Bardeleben Marine Corp., as Successor in Interest to Blue Stack Towing Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Carolyn Roberts, Individually v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Willard H. Lane v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Laurence F. Kelly, as Administrator of the Estate of Richard C. Kelly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- John J. Firth v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Ernest E. Burgess v. M/v Tamano, Appeal of United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
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