Legal Opinion

Vaccaro

District Court, E.D. Louisiana

Decided June 25, 1910No. 14,015PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Libel by Bernard Michel against the steamship Joseph Vaccaro.

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, District Judge.

This is a case of collision. The libel-ant, as president of the Associated Branch Pilots of the Port of New Orleans, La., brings his libel in rem against the steamship Joseph Vaccaro on behalf of the said association for damages occasioned the steam tug Underwriter, belonging to the said association, arising from a collision of the Vaccaro with said tug.

There is, as usual, some conflict of testimony as to just how the accident happened. Resolving this as best I can in order to have all the witnesses speak the truth if possible, I find the facts to be as follows :

On the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. The ChinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  2. Homer Ramsdell Transportation Co. v. La Compagnie Générale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  3. Guy v. DonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  4. The MerrimacSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  5. Levine v. MichelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883

3Cited by8 opinions

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  2. DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET ATALANTA A/S v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1929
  3. Charles Nelson Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1928
  4. People v. Italian Motorship IliceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
  5. The Clement SmithDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1925

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