Legal Opinion
Petition of Republic of France
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 9, 1959No. 1870PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONNALLY, District Judge.
Statement of the Case
This is a proceeding by petitioners, who allege that they are the owner, and agent or operator of the S. S. Grandcamp, for exoneration from or limitation of liability resulting from the fire upon, and explosion of, that vessel while she was loading a cargo of Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate at Texas City, Texas, April 16, 1947. This was the now famous Texas City Disaster of April 16-17, 1947, wherein in excess of 500 persons lost their lives, some 3,000 received personal injuries, and tremendous property loss was suffered.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Coryell v. PhippsSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- In Re Texas City Disaster LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Anderson v. LorentzenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Cornec v. Baltimore & OR Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Republic of France & Compagnie Generale Transatlantique v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- In Re the Complaint of Oswego Barge Corp.District Court, N.D. New York · 1977
- Allen N. Spooner & Son, Inc. v. Connecticut Fire InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1962
- Boston Medical Center v. Service Employees International Union, Local 285District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2000
- Republic of France & Compagnie Generale Transatlantique v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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