1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 142 F.Supp.
  5. 142 F.Supp. 273 (1956)
 

BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET CO. v. THE CIUDAD DE MARACAIBO

No. 3695.

142 F.Supp. 273 (1956)

BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET COMPANY, Owner and Operator of the Steamship City of Norfolk, Libellant, v. THE CIUDAD DE MARACAIBO, her engines and boilers, etc., and her Owner Compania Anonima Venezolana De Navegacion, Respondent. COMPANIA ANONIMA VENEZOLANA DE NAVEGACION, Owner of the Steamship Ciudad De Maracaibo, Cross Libellant, v. THE CITY OF NORFOLK, her engines, etc., and Baltimore Steam Packet Company, Cross Respondent.

United States District Court D. Maryland, Admiralty Division.

July 2, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl F. Steinmann and Terrence E. Burke, Baltimore, Md., proctors for libellant and cross-respondent.

Robert H. Williams, Jr., Baltimore, Md., and Renato C. Giallorenzi, New York City, proctors for respondent and cross-libellant.

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

The City of Norfolk, a bay boat carrying passengers and freight, south bound from Baltimore to Norfolk, collided with the Ciudad De Maracaibo, a Venezuelan freighter, north bound for Baltimore, in the Craighill Channel of the Chesapeake Bay on October 5, 1954, at 8:10 or 8:11 p. m. Each ship charges the other with fault.

The Craighill Channel, 2.8 miles long and 600 feet wide, runs almost due north and south near the western shore of...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases