Legal Opinion
States Steamship Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 31, 1957No. 15131PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Chief Judge.
These are appeals from an interlocutory decree of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon on the petition of States Steamship Company, hereafter the Company, for exoneration from or limitation of liability for the total loss of the cargo of the S. S. Pennsylvania, which sank with all hands in the Gulf of Alaska on January 9, 1952, while enroute over the Great Circle route from Seattle, Washington, to Yokohama, Japan.
The district court held (a) that the Pennsylvania was not lost from a peril of the sea; (b) that she was unseaworthy; (c) that the…
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- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- The City of NorwichSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Philippine Sugar Centrals Agency v. Kokusai Kisen Kabushiki KaishaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
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- In re Kinsman Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- In Re Read's PetitionDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1963
- Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas S.A. As Owner of the Motor Vessel Santa Cruz II v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Pacific Transport Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1970
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