Legal Opinion
Coggins v. James W. Elwell & Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 19, 1973No. Civ. A. No. 69-1011PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
The above-captioned matter presently before the Court is an action in admiralty wherein the defendants have lodged a third-party complaint against the United States of America (hereinafter the “Government”) seeking indemnity or contribution for a pre-trial settlement effected between the plaintiff, Mack G. Coggins, and the defendants, owners of the ship in question.
The recent pronouncement of the United States Supreme Court in Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co. v. Erie-Lackawanna R. R. Co., 406 U.S. 340, 92 S.Ct. 1550, 32 L.Ed.2d 110 (1972) should, at least for…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. v. Burnside Shipping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
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- Henderson v. S. C. Loveland Co.District Court, N.D. Florida · 1974