Legal Opinion
Hener v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 15, 1981No. 81 Civ. 3857PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOFAER, District Judge:
On September 27, 1903, at approximately two o’clock in the morning, the barge Harold, carrying 400 tons of lead and silver bullion, pitched violently in the waters of the Arthur Kill, off Staten Island, and dumped most of its cargo. The cargo consisted of 7,678 ingots (or “pigs”) of silver, each about eighteen inches long. At the time, the Harold was being towed to the cargo owner, American Smelting and Refining Company (“ASARCO”), in Perth Am-boy, New Jersey. ASARCO informed its underwriters, Chubb & Son and British Marine Insurance Company (the “Underwriters”), of the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- The BlackwallSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- The" Sabine"Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. The Unidentified Wrecked And Abandoned Sailing Vessel, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- A. J. Industries, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Eads v. BrazeltonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1861
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Martha's Vineyard Scuba Headquarters, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Steam Vessel, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Columbus-America Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. HaverCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Adams v. Unione Mediterranea Di SicurtaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Dluhos v. Floating & Abandoned Vessel, Known as "New York"Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
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