CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY v. M/V MELVIN H. BAKER

No. 411.

260 F.Supp. 244 (1966)

CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY v. M/V MELVIN H. BAKER, Etc. SEAWAYS SHIPPING COMPANY v. S/T CITIES SERVICE MIAMI et al.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 30, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krusen, Evans & Byrne, by Eugene R. Lippman, Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant and cross-respondent.

Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, by Benj. F. Stahl, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., Zock, Petrie, Sheneman & Reid, by John R. Sheneman, New York City, for respondent, cross-libellant.


HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

During the early morning hours of November 16, 1961, on the Delaware River along a ridge known as "Little Tinicum Range" the Cities Service Miami, libellant, an American flag vessel with an American crew, was proceeding outbound and the Melvin H. Baker, respondent, a Liberian flag vessel, with a Chinese crew, was proceeding inbound. The collision occurred in a dense fog bank which...

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