Legal Opinion
Brown v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 21, 1984No. Civ. A. 81-168-TPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TAURO, District Judge.
On November 21, 1980, the fishing vessels SEA FEVER and FAIRWIND left the port of Hyannis, Massachusetts for the fishing grounds near Georges Bank. The next day, several crew members were lost during a vicious storm that hit Georges Bank. In this action, plaintiffs 1 contend that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) negligently failed to maintain a weather observation buoy on Georges Bank whose data was critical to accurate forecasts and, as a result, deprived the vessels of essential navigational information that would have allowed them to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio GrandenseSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Indian Towing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. NeustadtSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Block v. NealSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Honour Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- ESTATE OF WERNER EX REL. WERNER v. WernerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Brown v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1985
- Schinmann v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Washington · 1985
- Springer v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1986
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