Legal Opinion
Reliable Transfer Co., Inc., and Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, and Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 23, 1974No. 540, 803, Dockets 73-1513, 73-2325PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
This case arises from a little saga of the sea — this time involving a coastal tanker, the Mary A. Whalen, that got lost in the waters just outside New York harbor on a clear night in December 1968 when the seas were rough, the tide was running strong and a breakwater light maintained by the Coast Guard was out. The tanker ended up stranded on a sand bar off Rockaway Point.
The owner of the tanker, Reliable Transfer Co., Inc., invoking the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the district court under the Suits In Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. § 741 et seq. (1970), sued the United States to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- The Max MorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Atlee v. Packet Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1875
- The" North Star"Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Petitions of the Kinsman Transit Company, as Owner and Operator of the Steamer MacGilvray Shiras, and of Midland Steamship Line, Inc., as Owner and Operator of the Steamer Michael K. Tewksbury, Their Engines, Etc., for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability, City of Buffalo, Claimant-Respondent-Appellant, Kelley Island New York Corporation, Claimants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. Reliable Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Vana Trading Co. v. S.S. METTE SKOUCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Hogge v. SS YORKMARDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1977
- Ishizaki Kisen Company, Ltd. v. United States of America, Ishizaki Kisen Company, Ltd. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Crown Zellerbach Corporation v. Willamette-Western Corporation, a Corporation, Dba Willamette Tug & Barge Company, and Richard J. OlsenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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