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Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Copper Range Railroad

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 21, 1966No. 16121PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in an admiralty case. The Michigan Bell Telephone Company claimed $22,339.62 of damages to two of its underwater cables which were fouled by the anchor of the Steamer J. F. Schoellkopf, Jr.

The Schoellkopf (owned by the American Steamship Company) dropped anchor in the narrow Keweenaw Waterway, when a lift bridge failed to open on signal. The anchor, after fouling the cables, stopped the Schoellkopf short of the bridge, but her propeller (used in reverse) pulled her stern to port, striking some underwater object. The lift bridge was owned by the…

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  1. Michigan Bell Telephone Company v. Copper Range Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966

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