Legal Opinion
Thomson v. Chesapeake Yacht Club, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided August 9, 1966No. Adm. 4820PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
Respondent has excepted to the libel on the ground that the claim alleged is not within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction.
The libel alleges that at or about 2100 hours on April 24,1965, libelant, a citizen of Virginia, whose boat was moored at respondent’s pier in the West River near Shady Side, Maryland, fell into navigable water through a hole in an extension to the pier, several hundred feet from shore, when he went onto the dock to resecure the mooring lines. It is further alleged that as a result of the fall and immersion in the cold water libelant sustained…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- The PlymouthSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Calbeck v. Travelers Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- North Pacific Steamship Co. v. Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Ex Parte EastonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Watz v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Charles A. Chapman, Libelant-Appellant v. City of Grosse Pointe Farms, a Michigan Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- State of Maryland, Dept. of N. Res. v. Amerada Hess Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1972
- Maryland Port Administration v. SS American LegendDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1978
- O'Connor & Company v. City of Pascagoula, MississippiDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1969
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