Legal Opinion
Petition of United States
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided August 14, 1969No. 278, 272 and 273PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge
(under designation).
On September 26, 1961, the United States Naval Ship POTOMAC, a Navy tanker and a public vessel of the United States, was moored in the harbor of Morehead City, North Carolina, alongside a fuel pier belonging to Aviation Fuel Terminals, Inc., which had contracted with the United States for the handling and storage of Government-owned petroleum products. While the POTOMAC was discharging a Government-owned cargo of aviation gasoline and jet fuel, a fire broke out on the surface of the water near or underneath a railroad trestle…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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3Cited by17 opinions
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