Legal Opinion
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. American Commercial Line, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 17, 1970No. 69 C 2511PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DECKER, District Judge.
This is an action for damages allegedly caused to plaintiff’s bridge when it was struck by a barge that was being pushed by defendant’s vessel. Plaintiff, Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company, owns a bridge which spans the Illinois River near Divine, Illinois. Defendant, Inland Tug Company, owns and operates the motor vessel Chicago Trader.
On the afternoon of May 28, 1968, the Chicago Trader was pushing eight loaded barges downstream on the Illinois River. As the barges navigated past plaintiff’s bridge, the lead barge on the port side struck the…
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- Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc. And Brown & Root, Inc., Successor to Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc. v. Zapata Off-Shore CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Patterson Terminals, Inc. v. S.S. Johannes FransDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1962
- Industrial Sugars, Inc. v. Standard Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
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