Legal Opinion
Koch-Ellis Marine Contractors, Inc. v. the Steamship Capetan Dimitris
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 15, 1959No. 2834, 2835PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.
In navigating the tortuous Mississippi River below New Orleans, the judicially recognized custom is that the upbound vessels come up under the points and the downbound vessels run the bends. 1 This is a rule of prudence dictated by the fact that the current in the Mississippi runs downstream into the bends, leaving slack water under the points. The effect of this rule, however, is, in some instances, to require vessels to cross the river diagonally from point to point, or from bend to bend, thus creating a hazard to the navigation of other vessels…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- The New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- The AriadneSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- The OttawaSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- The Albert DumoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Compania De Maderas De Caibarien, S. A. v. The Queenston Heights, Etc., Esso Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Board of Commissioners v. M/V FarmsumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans v. M/v Farmsum, Her Engines, Etc., in Rem, and N. v. Stoomvaart Maatschaapij "Oostzee", in Personam v. Tug O. H. Ingram, Her Engines, Etc. In Rem, and Ingram Barge Company, a Division of Ingram Corporation, in Personam, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Valley Towing Service, Inc. v. S/S American Wheat, Freighters, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Schwabe v. The M/V Birney RDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1961
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