NATIONAL STEEL CORP. v. BUCKEYE S.S. & CO. BIBBY LINE, LTD.

Nos. 73-1686, 73-1687.

492 F.2d 364 (1974)

NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant, (73-1687) v. BUCKEYE STEAMSHIP COMPANY (KINSMAN MARINE TRANSIT COMPANY), a corporation, Defendant-Cross Complainant-Appellant, (73-1686) and BIBBY LINE, LTD., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fenton F. Harrison, Buffalo, N. Y., for Kinsman Marine Transit Co.; Lee C. Hinslea, Harrison, Gruber & Gaughan, Buffalo, and Victor G. Hanson, Detroit, Mich., on brief.

John Arthur Hamilton, Detroit, Mich., for Bibby Line, Ltd.; Foster, Meadows & Ballard, Detroit, Mich., on brief.

Thomas O. Murphy, Cleveland, Ohio, for National Steel Corp.; Henry B. Bruner, Johnson, Branand & Jaeger, Cleveland, Ohio, Robert A Jenkins, Scholl, Jenkins, Robinson & Stieg, Detroit, Mich., on brief.

Before CELEBREZZE and LIVELY, Circuit Judges, and WILSON, District Judge.


LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

This admiralty case arose out of a collision between the Great Lakes freighters James E. Ferris and Ernest T. Weir which took place in the St. Clair River below Port Huron, Michigan. The collision took place in an area of the river where the British ship Toronto City was maneuvering. The facts are fully set forth in the opinion of Senior District Judge Talbot Smith, which is reported at 369 F.Supp. 498 ...

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