Legal Opinion
Cities Service Oil Co. v. The S.S. Sea Wind
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 19, 1957No. Nos. 191, 192, Dockets 24062, 24063PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA,. Circuit Judge.
As darkness closed in at 6:52 P.M. on February 4, 1952, two vessels scraped past one another in a collision a few hundred yards north of the intersection of the Bellevue Range and the Marcus Hook Range, in the narrow channel approach to Wilmington, Delaware. The Winter Hill was held solely to blame and we agree.
The Sea Wind, a Liberty ship “fully laden with a cargo of iron ore,” with a deep draft close to 28 feet, inbound from sea, was proceeding north, with a favoring one-knot current, to Marcus Hook anchorage for'quarantine clearance before' approaching the Port of…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Cities Service Oil Company, as Chartered Owner and Owner Pro Hac Vice of the S.S. Winter Hill, Libellant-Appellant v. The S.S. Sea Wind, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., Seatraders, Inc., as Owner of the S.S. Sea Wind, Cross-Libellant-Appellee v. Cities Service Oil Company, as Chartered Owner and Owner Pro Hac of the S.S. Winter Hill, Cross-Respondent-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957