Legal Opinion
Hampton Roads Carriers, Inc. v. Allied Chemical Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 16, 1964No. 9131PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
Foundering of barge BA-1401 in Chesapeake Bay, with total loss of her lading of some 1400 tons of sodium sulphate (salt cake) was attributed by the District Judge to unseaworthiness. On this finding he decreed damages against her owner, 1 appellant Hampton Roads Carriers, Inc. (Barge), in favor of ap-pellee Allied Chemical Corporation, cargo owner and charterer of the barge (Cargo). Consistently, he dismissed the barge owner’s petition for exoneration or limitation of liability, 2 the proceeding in which Cargo’s claim was pressed. At the same time Barge’s…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- The SouthwarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- The SilviaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Metropolitan Coal Co. v. HowardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Bank Line, Ltd. v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1928
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- Latham B. Hewlett v. Barge Bertie, in Rem, Tug Evelyn, Her Engines, Etc., in Rem, and C. G. Willis Co., Inc., in PersonamCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Insurance Company of North America v. Lanasa Shrimp Company, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- In the Matter of the Vessel Marine Sulphur Queen. Marine Sulphur Transport Corporation, as Owner, and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as Demise Charterer, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Impleaded United States Fire Insurance Co., Cargo Claimant-Appellee and Ida Ruth Heard, Death Claimants-Appellees AndCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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