Legal Opinion
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique v. Governor of the Panama Canal
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 26, 1937No. 8314PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, as owner of the steamship Wisconsin, brought this suit against “the Panama Canal as a public utility operated as a waterway,” the “Governor of the Canal as charged with the operation and management, and designated as the opposite party in a claim for damages to vessels by navigating in the Panama Canal and through the locks,” and one Tawes, a canal pilot. The claim was that the Wisconsin, having paid her tolls and while in the canal in the vicinity of buoys No. 73 and No. 74, was, through the careless, negligent, and unskillful navigation of the pilot in a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Donna McClain Mother and Personal Representative of the Deceased Minor, Ramon John Rasimowicz v. Panama Canal Commission, a U.S. Executive AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Wells v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- United States v. MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938
- Golden Panagia Steamship, Inc. v. Panama Canal CommissionDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1983
- Compagnie Generale Transatlantique v. TawesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
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