Legal Opinion
The West Arrow
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 6, 1936No. 197-199PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
These cross-appeals involve liability in admiralty for cargo damage to several shipments on the West Arrow, on a voyage from Baltimore, Md., to Antwerp and Rotterdam. The ship, after undocking from her pier, headed down the Baltimore Harbor navigated by a Chesapeake Bay pilot. The tide was high-water slack, wind light, and the night clear. Her master, third officer, and a cadet were on the bridge. She had on board 3,600 tons of cargo.
When the pilot took command, Lazaretto Point bore 1% points on her starboard bow, and she was making 4 to 6 knots under half ahead engines.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- The SouthwarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- The BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Deutsche Bank Filiale Nurnberg v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- The WildcroftSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- May v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt AktiengesellschaftSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by21 opinions
- In the Matter of Oil Spill by the Amoco Cadiz Off the Coast of France on March 16, 1978Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Shaw, Savill, Albion & Co., Ltd. v. The Fredericksburg. The TamaroaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Jamaica Nutrition Holdings, Ltd. v. United Shipping Co., Ltd. And M/v El Zorro, Its Engines, Tackle, Apparel, Furniture, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- The FerncliffDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1938
- Paris v. Central Chiclera, S. De R. L.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
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