Legal Opinion
Esso Standard Oil Co. v. President Garfield
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 1, 1960No. Nos. 327, 328, Docket 26142, 26143PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, Circuit Judge.
These are cross-appeals from a decree holding both vessels at fault in two consolidated cases arising out of a collision in the North River, between the New York and New Jersey shores, shortly after half past six in the morning of August 22, 1956. Visibility was from one to three miles, despite a slight haze, the wind was light from the Northeast and there was almost no current as it was at the end of an ebb tide. The running lights on both vessels had not yet been switched off.
The steam tug Esso New Hampshire had two barges in tow: the Esso No. 21 made fast to her…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Afran Transport Co. v. The BergechiefCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc. v. Card Towing Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Sinclair Refining Co. v. The Morania DolphinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
3Cited by1 opinion
- Esso Standard Oil Company, as Owner of the Esso Barge No. 21, Libelant-Cross-Appellant v. The President Garfield and American President Lines, Ltd., Claimant-Respondent-Appellant. American President Lines, Ltd., Cross-Libelant-Appellant v. The Esso New Hampshire and Esso Barge No. 21 and Esso Barge No. 17, and Esso Standard Oil Company, Cross-Respondent-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960