Legal Opinion
Shasta S. S. Co. v. Great Lakes Towing Co.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided April 15, 1942No. 2117PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNIGHT, District Judge.
This is an action in admiralty arising out of a collision between the steamer Shasta and the easterly span of the Jefferson Avenue Bridge across the Cuyahoga River at Cleveland, Ohio, causing damage to the steamer Shasta.
On August 29, 1940, the steamer Shasta, a bulk freighter 383 feet long by 50 feet beam and 28 feet molded depth, was lying at anchor under the breakwater at Cleveland, Ohio. She was laden with iron ore and was drawing 20 feet 6 inches of water both forward and aft. The Shasta was awaiting her turn to go up the Cuyahoga River to the Corrigan-McKinney…
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- The New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Clifton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1846
- The EastchesterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
- United States v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
- Sea Ins. Co. v. American-Hawaiian S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
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