Legal Opinion
Harbor Towing Corporation v. Tug Reliance
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided January 4, 1963No. 8013, 8038 and 8041PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.
These actions, consolidated for trial, pertain to a collision in the James River off Newport News, Virginia, in the general vicinity of Pier 14 operated by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. The location of the impact and which vessel initially sounded her signal are in substantial dispute. The collision occurred at 3:21 or 3:22 P.M. on March 17, 1958, between the German Motor Vessel SAARLAND and the Barge SHAMROCK, the latter being under tow by the Tugs C. O. NICHOLS and RE LIANCE as a single flotilla. A second (or third) impact took place when the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- The Victory & the PlymothianSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Belden v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The MadisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- The ManchionealCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
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