Legal Opinion
Hendricks v. Tug Gordon Gill
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided January 12, 1989No. A87-313 CIVPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
KLEINFELD, District Judge.
Trial of this case was to the court. After trial, the parties submitted briefs and reply briefs. Based upon the evidence at trial, I find the following:(1) The named plaintiffs owned and manned the fishing vessel Sea Star. The defendant and claimant Arctic Offshore, Ltd. is a Canadian corporation, which owns and owned the Tug Gordon Gill.(2) At around 2:00 in the morning, February 25, 1987, the Sea Star found the Gordon Gill adrift. The Sea Star was about seven miles east of Egg Island, a tiny island in the Aleutian Chain. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The BlackwallSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Westar Marine Services v. Heerema Marine ContractorsDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1985
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