Legal Opinion
United States v. New England S. S. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 15, 1923PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Circuit Judge.
While the United States steamship New Hampshire was at anchor in Newport Harbor, between 4 and 5 a. m., July 7, 1912, the steamship Commonwealth collided with her. She was exonerated by a naval court of inquiry. The government then libeled the steamship Commonwealth to recover its damages; and by virtue of a special act of Congress, the material part of which is quoted below,1 the New England Steamship Company libeled the government to recover its damages.
*653Judge Hough, holding both vessels at fault, referred the causes to E. E. Owen, Esq.,- as commissioner, to ascertain and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The ConquerorSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- United States v. North American Transportation & Trading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Pennell v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1908
- The A. A. RavenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1916
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1904
3Cited by7 opinions
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- United States v. the John R. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Southern Pac. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
- Peter Nesbitt Thomson, and Cross-Appellee v. United States of America, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
- Texas Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1926
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