Legal Opinion
Southern Pacific Co. v. United States
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided February 17, 1966No. 5702PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, District Judge:
This libel was filed by Southern Pacific Company against the United States of America,1 for damages sustained in the early morning of April 8, 1962, when the Berwick Bay railroad bridge, owned and operated by libelant, was struck by the United States Navy Tug USS BLACK FOX. The BLACK FOX was not damaged.
The Berwick Bay railroad bridge spans the lower reaches of the Atchafalaya River between Morgan City, Louisiana, on the east and Berwick, Louisiana, on the west. It consists of six fixed steel pen-connected truss spans, numbered from east to west 1 to 6, each 232 feet…
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- The Granite StateSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Fort Fetterman v. South Carolina State Highway DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
- Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1953
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