SCOTTISH SHIRE LINE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 9984, 9985.

182 F.2d 876 (1950)

SCOTTISH SHIRE LINE, Limited v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. THE LANARKSHIRE et al. THE HOBBY.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred T. Cluff, Sp. Asst. to Atty. General (H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Alfred E. Modarelli, U. S. Atty., Dist. of New Jersey, Newark, N. J., on the brief), for appellant.

George Whitefield Betts, Jr., New York City (Hunt, Hill & Betts, New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and MARIS and KALODNER, Circuit Judges.


KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

We are here presented with a maritime collision, and, as is not unusual in such cases, the problem may be stated briefly in the question, where did the accident occur? The answer holds the key to the ultimate issue of liability.

Two vessels are involved: the "Lanarkshire" and the "Hobby". The former is a large freighter of the shelter deck type, about 506 feet long, light at the time of the collision and drawing 22 feet aft and 12...

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