Legal Opinion
United States v. Bull Steamship Line
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 30, 1956PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONDY, District Judge.
The United States of America, as owner of the S. S. Byron Darnton, brought this libel against the Bull Steamship Line, for damages alleged to have been sustained by the libelant through the negligence of the respondent.
The respondent, the Bull Steamship Line, was engaged in the business of providing stevedoring service. Pursuant to Contract Warshipsteve No. WSA-72333-DA-653, the respondent loaded a cargo of steel plates into the No. 4 lower *212hold of the Byron Darnton between January 10 and 17, 1946, at Baltimore, Maryland.
The libelant alleges that sometime during the…
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- Sternberg Dredging Co. v. Moran Towing & Transp. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Cornec v. Baltimore & OR Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
- United States Lighterage Corp. v. Petterson Lighterage & Towing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- North Atlantic & Gulf S. S. Co. v. New Orleans Stevedoring Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1953
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- Backo v. Local 281, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & JoinersDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1969
- A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co. v. Porto Rico Lighterage Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970
- United States of America, as Owner of the S.S. Byron Darnton, Libelant-Appellee v. The Bull Steamship LineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960