Legal Opinion
Adolfo Campos v. Puerto Rico Sun Oil Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 24, 1976No. 75-1320PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, a licensed ship pilot, brought this action to recover pilotage fees. The dispute centers around a single question: whether a pilot’s license held by another pilot, Fructuoso Reyes, for the Port of Yabucoa (the Port), Puerto Rico, properly authorizes Reyes to pilot across the one- and-a-half mile portion of the Sound of Vieques (the Sound) that separates the Port from the open sea. Ruling that it did not, the district court granted summary judgment for plaintiff. 1
Puerto Rico is a compulsory pilotage jurisdiction. Under 23 L.P.R.A. § 2412 (1974…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Bridges v. WixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Smith v. AyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Eagles v. United States Ex Rel. SamuelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Howard Greene v. Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Bernard v. BausCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Johnson v. Cyklop Strapping Corp.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1987
- Farr Man & Co. v. M/V RozitaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Portugues-Santa v. B. Fernandez Hermanos, Inc.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2009
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