Legal Opinion
Southport Transit Company v. Avondale Marine Ways, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1956No. 15843PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
A claim with likely, known congenital weaknesses foreshadowing doubtful survival, for fire damage to a tug in a shipyard on August 25, 1946, incubated through the passage of time into one of fairly healthy proportions when it was finally tried nine years later in January 1955. For in the meantime, much grist had been milled.
Where, in 1946, Belden v. Chase, 1893, 150 U.S. 674, 14 S.Ct. 264, 37 L.Ed. 1218, had regained, In re Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 2 Cir., 1931, 48 F.2d 559, 1931 AMC 852, certiorari denied James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc., v. Pennsylvania R.…
2Cases cited63 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. Of New York, Defendant-Third Party v. Marine Mart, Inc., Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc. v. Charles Ferran & Company, Inc., Charles Ferran & Company, Inc. v. Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Frederick v. Kirby Tankships, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- Ostrowski v. AzzaraSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- La Esperanza De P.R., Inc. v. Perez Y Cia. De Puerto Rico, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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