Legal Opinion
M.C. MacHinery Systems, Inc. v. Maher Terminals, Inc.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 29, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
O’HERN, J.
If a strained metaphor may be forgiven, we hesitate to dip our toes into the waters of admiralty law. Fortunately, we need not deal here with such quaint notions as that a ship is a person, The Osceola, 189 U.S. 158, 23 S.Ct. 483, 47 L.Ed. 760 (1903), or that when cargo and vessel come together, they are “married at transport.” Farrell Ocean Services, Inc. v. United States, 524 F.Supp. 211, 214 (1981). These subtleties have appealed to ones such as Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan who described this law as the “monarch of the sea.” De Sole v.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Leather's Best, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. S.S. Mormaclynx, Defendants-Appellants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Robert C. Herd & Co. v. Krawill MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Domenico De Sole v. United States of America, Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association, United States Yacht Racing Union, Incorporated, Amici CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Assicurazioni Generali v. D'Amico and Harrington & Company, Inc., Jointly and SeverallyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- M.C. MacHinery Systems, Inc. v. Maher Terminals, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2000
- Mannesman Demag Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant v. M/v Concert Express, Etc., Atlantic Container Line, Inc., Defendant- Third Party v. Trism Specialized Carriers, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellee-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000