Legal Opinion
O. F. Shearer & Sons v. Cincinnati Marine Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 31, 1960No. 13949_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, libellant below, is a partnership which owned and towed barges on the Ohio River. Appellee-respondent is a corporation which owns and manages a harbor in the Cincinnati basin area of the Ohio River, for the purpose of loading, unloading and storing barges and assembling tows.
On January 31, 1956, four empty barges belonging to libellant were left at respondent’s landing and were tied off alongside of 15 other barges thereby creating a fleet of nineteen empty barges. Early the following morning the entire fleet of empty barges broke loose from their moorings, and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- The New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Clifton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1846
- Culbertson v. the Steamer Southern BelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- The LackawannaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
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- Flowers v. Wayne Smith, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Tropicana Shipping, S.A. v. Empresa Nacional "Elcano" De La Marina MercanteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Hampton Roads Carriers, Inc. v. Allied Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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