Legal Opinion
Rawls Brothers Contractors, Inc. v. United States
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided January 12, 1966No. 63-9-Adm.-JPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Chief Judge.
On August 6, 1962, at the shipyard leased and operated by libelant Rawls Brothers Contractors, Inc., in Jacksonville, Florida, the USS TRAVERSE COUNTY left her mooring under her own power, with assistance from the respondent tugs -W. E. COPPEDGE and S. H. COPPEDGE and under the direction of tugmaster and docking-pilot Joseph N. Durst, an employee of claimant-respondent Florida Towing Corporation. In the course of the undocking operation the TRAVERSE COUNTY collided with a dolphin that was a part of a drydock installation in the yard, and this proceeding resulted.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. of NJ v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway Co. v. Peninsular Land, Transportation & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1891
- Ozanic v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Carl Sawyer, Inc. v. Poor the Monarch of NassauCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
- Patterson Terminals, Inc. v. S.S. Johannes FransDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1962
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- Elaine Jones v. GriffithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Canal Barge Co. v. GriffithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Pillsbury Co. v. Midland Enterprises, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1989
- Monsanto Company v. Port of St. Louis Investments, Inc.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1972
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