Legal Opinion
James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc. v. Card Towing Line, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 27, 1948No. 261, Docket 20972PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The Card Towing Line, Inc., as claimant of the tug, “Edward Card,” appeals from a decree in the admiralty, holding the tug solely liable for a collision in the Hudson River opposite Sixty-Eighth Street, Manhattan, on the night of January 18, 1943. The facts as found by the District Court — which we accept — were as follows: While the libellant’s tug, “Feeney,” with a dump scow on her starboard side, was bound north, on a course about 800 feet off the Jersey pier ends, she made ou't the down-bound tug, “Card,” about 1500 feet directly ahead of her, with a large…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Construction Aggregates Co. v. Long Island R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- General Seafoods Corp. v. J. S. Packard Dredging Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941
- Henry Du Bois Sons Co. v. A/S Ivarans RederiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- City of New York v. American Export Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Oil Screw Tug Maluco ICourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Societa Anonima Navigazione Alta Italia v. Oil Transport Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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