Legal Opinion
S. Felicione & Sons Fish Company, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Company of New York
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1970No. 28319PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
This bizarre saga of the seas — involving a double murder and ship scuttling by a drunkenly irrational master — is not only novelesque, but leaves novel legal consequences in its wake. It begins on November 9, 1967, when the MISS SONDRA LEIGH owned by plaintiff, S. Fe-licione & Sons Fish Company, Inc., under the command of Captain Lee Tindall, and with two crewmen on board, the rig-man, Duhon, and an unidentified Mexican shrimp header, departed Port Isabelle, Texas, to fish for shrimp on the flats of Campeche, Mexico. She arrived about November 14, 1967, and fished the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- American Surety Company of New York v. Ralph E. Coblentz, as Administrator D.B.N. Of the Estate of Edward Thomas Coblentz, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Morris Feinberg, Treasurer v. Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1958
- Atlantic Insurance v. Storrow & BoydNew York Court of Chancery · 1835
- McCrea v. Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- American Insurance v. BryanNew York Supreme Court · 1841
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Morrison Grain Company, Inc., a Corporation v. Utica Mutual Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Harry Oliver Linard, an Underwriter at Lloyd's, and Vainqueur Corporation, and Cross-ClaimantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- The Darien Bank v. The Travelers Indemnity Company, Jack Gore v. The Travelers Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Antilles Steamship Company, Ltd. v. Members Of The American Hull Insurance SyndicateCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Cambre v. Travelers Indem. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
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