Legal Opinion
Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel District v. Lauritzen
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 2, 1968No. 11886PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:
The M/S Bella Dan, a merchantman hailing from Denmark, suffered hull damage on May 21, 1965 when snagged by a submerged obstruction at the bridge-tunnel spanning Chesapeake Bay, just within the Virginia capes. In the suit of the Danish shipowner, J. Laurit-zen, against the owner-operator of the facility, the Bridge-Tunnel District, a body corporate and politic of the State, judgment went against the defendant.
In its decree the District Court overruled the defenses of sovereign immunity generally and under the Eleventh Amendment,1 acquitted the vessel of any want…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Parden v. Terminal Railway of Alabama State Docks DepartmentSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Casement v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Homer Ramsdell Transportation Co. v. La Compagnie Générale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Elizabeth River Tunnel District v. BeecherSupreme Court of Virginia · 1961
- Anthony v. International Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Intracoastal Transportation, Inc., and Anderson Marine Construction, Inc. v. Decatur County, Georgia, Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. BouletCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Allied Chemical Corporation v. Hess Tankship Company of Delaware, Amerada Hess Corporation, Defendants-Appellees-Cross American Hull Syndicate, Defendants-Third Party v. Allied Towing Corporation as Owner of the Tug Socrates, Third Party Defendants-Appellants-Cross v. Defelice Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Merrill Eugene Riggle v. State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Adams v. Harris County, TexasDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1970
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