Legal Opinion
Swenson v. The Argonaut the Estelle. The Susan
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 4, 1953No. Consolidated Cause 10812 (Including Causes 10811-10815, 10823-10827)PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
A brief prologue may perhaps serve to soften the impact of a subsequent inevitably detailed recital of a complex sequence of litigation in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and appeals and cross-appeals in this Court.
On August 15, 1947, the steamship Argonaut owned by Farrell Lines Incorporated (“Argonaut”) was moored to a pier in Jersey City, New Jersey operated by a group of individuals trading as The Hercules Company (“Hercules”). The Argonaut broke adrift in a storm damaging a catamaran and four barges moored at the foot of the same…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- The LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Read v. United States. United States Maritime Commission v. Williams Appeal of VassilopoulusCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- The LackawannaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
- Bentley v. Albatross S.S. Co. The Christian BerghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- The BayonneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Zubik v. ZubikCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Mrs. Edith Boudoin v. J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- P. Dougherty Co. v. United States. P. Dougherty Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Isthmian Steamship Company, a Corporation v. California Spray-Chemical Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- ZINGISBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1974
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