Legal Opinion
Seaboard Tug & Barge, Inc. v. Rederi Ab/disa
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 25, 1954No. 4805_1PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.
We are concerned on this appeal with a collision between an ocean going motor vessel and a steel tank barge which occurred in the main ship channel of Boston Harbor after sunset but before dark on a clear evening in August. The channel at the locus in quo is straight and runs approximately southeast and northwest. For convenience we shall refer to it hereafter as though it ran east and west. The following facts are not in dispute.
The tug Seaboard, a craft about 60 feet long of 41 gross tons, pushing ahead of it the square ended barge Arco No. 5, a craft about 130 feet…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- The UmbriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Lie v. San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- The MartelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- General Seafoods Corp. v. J. S. Packard Dredging Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Compania De Maderas De Caibarien, S. A. v. The Queenston Heights, Etc., Esso Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. United States of America, Karen Haelsig McMaster Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Pacific Tow Boat Co. v. States Marine Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- Pacific Tow Boat Company v. States Marine Corporation Of DelawareCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- States Steamship Company, a Corporation v. Permanente Steamship Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
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