Legal Opinion
Wood v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 1, 1954PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
The Wilson Victory, respondent’s vessel, is charged with having collided with the fishing trawler, The Bucentaur, causing its loss and that of its entire crew of ten. That The Wilson Victory collided with an object near the Pit Buoy Light in the North Sea in the early hours of the morning of May 21, 1947, is not in dispute; that The Bucentaur was in the vicinity of the area of collision is not seriously challenged. What is challenged is that The Wilson Victory struck The Bucentaur. Thus, the first issue to be determined is: was it The Bucentaur that was struck by The…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- The Victory & the PlymothianSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- The UmbriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- The Max MorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United States v. BeckerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Gay Cottons, United States of America and Shalom Baby WearCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- SKIBS A/S SILJESTAD v. S/S Mathew LuckenbachDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Barrois Bros., Inc. v. Lake Tankers CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1960
- British Transport Commission v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
- Oil Transfer Corp. v. Diesel Tanker F. A. Verdon, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1960
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