Legal Opinion
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 27, 1955No. 238, Docket 22425PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the United States from an interlocutory decree in the admiralty that consolidated a suit by the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company against the United States with a cross-suit by the United States, and held the United States solely at fault. The occasion was a collision in a fog on December 10,1942, between two tankers, the Petroleum Company’s, “Goldshell,” and the “White Plains,” owned by the United States. The “White Plains” had been lying at Pier 62 in the North River, had backed from her berth, and with the help of tugs had swung about and was headed…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re Trawler Snoopy, Inc.District Court, D. Maine · 1967
- The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd. Of London, England, Owner of M/s Goldshell, Libellant-Appellee v. United States of America, United States of America, as Owner of the S.S. White Plains, Cross-Libellant-Appellant v. The M/s Goldshell, Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Etc., Cross-Respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- General Motors Corp. v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- United States v. M/V WuerttembergDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1963