Legal Opinion
The Dow Chemical Company v. M/v Charles F. Detmar, Jr., Its Tackle, Etc., in Rem
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 6, 1976No. 76-1405PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
This admiralty case arose from the fact that plaintiff’s barge (bare-boat chartered), while being towed by defendants’ tugboat collided with a bridge on the Mississippi River. Facts were stipulated and upon the basis of these and depositions the district court entered a judgment for $135,000.00, the amount of damages claimed in the complaint.
On May 9, 1973, Commercial Transport Corporation (Commercial) sent The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) a printed form towing contract containing several exculpatory clauses. On May 17, 1973, Dow’s legal department approved the contract as…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. SeckingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Dixilyn Drilling Corp. v. Crescent Towing & Salvage Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Boston Metals Co. v. the Winding GulfSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Mid-America Transportation Company, Inc. v. National Marine Service, Inc., and M/v National Progress, Her Engines,boilers, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Consolidated Grain & Barge Company v. Marcona Conveyor Corporation, Marcona Sales, Inc. v. Consolidated Grain & Barge CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- S. S. Kresge Co. v. Port of LongviewCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1977
- PPG Industries, Inc. v. Ashland Oil Co.-Thomas Petroleum Transit DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Ppg Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation v. Ashland Oil Company-Thomas Petroleum Transit Division, a Kentucky Corporation v. Canal Barge Company, Inc. And Inland River Transportation Corporation, Acorporation, and Dravo Corporation, Canal Barge Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978