Cope v. Vallette Dry Dock Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a libel against a drydock 1 does not fall within the admiralty jurisdiction of the federal courts
• holding that a floating drydock permanently fixed to a wharf was not a “vessel”
• holding that floating docks are considered to be extensions of land
• finding that a moored dry dock was not a vessel for purposes of a salvage claim in admiralty
• noting that “[a] ship or vessel, used for navigation and commerce, though lying at a wharf, and temporarily made fast thereto, as well as her furniture and cargo, are maritime subjects”
• explaining that a fixed structure, such as a dry-dock, is not used for the purpose of navigation any more so than a wharf or warehouse that projects upon water

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Cited by

105 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Stewart v. Dutra Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 2005-02-22· cited 221×
• The Robert W. Parsons
  Supreme Court· 1903-10-26· cited 141×
• Robert Bernard v. Binnings Construction Co., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-09-17· cited 114×
• Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach
  Supreme Court· 2013-01-15· cited 107×
• David Burchett and Cheryl Burchett v. Cargill, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee v. Marine Equipment Management Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-05-11· cited 99×
• Robert D. Cook v. Belden Concrete Products, Inc., Division of Rockwin Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-03-12· cited 90×
• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. WEST INDIES TRANSPORT, INC.; WIT EQUIPMENT CO., INC.; And W. JAMES OELSNER, Appellants
  Third Circuit· 1997-10-15· cited 86×
• The Steamship Jefferson
  Supreme Court· 1909-11-29· cited 72×
• Herman Fields v. Pool Offshore, Inc., Pool Company, Incorrectly Sued as Pool Offshore, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-02-22· cited 60×
• Gonsalves v. Moose Dry Dock & Repair Co.
  Supreme Court· 1924-11-17· cited 59×
• Evansville & Bowling Green Packet Co. v. Chero Cola Bottling Co.
  Supreme Court· 1926-04-12· cited 58×
• Long Island Owner's Ass'n v. Davidson
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1998-04-23· cited 50×
• Louis L. Atkins v. Greenville Shipbuilding Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-05-12· cited 49×
• Royal Insurance Company of America v. Pier 39 Limited Partnership, Etc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-07-24· cited 43×
• Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Great American Insurance
  S.D. New York· 2014-03-31· cited 43×
• South Port Marine, LLC v. Gulf Oil Ltd. Partnership
  First Circuit· 2000-12-07· cited 41×
• Arabie J. Manuel v. P.A.W. Drilling & Well Service, Inc. Westwood Insurance Company, Ltd.
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-03-02· cited 39×
• Don W. Kathriner v. Unisea, Inc., a Washington Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-09-17· cited 38×
• In Re the Complaint of Sedco, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 1982-03-30· cited 35×
• United States v. Moran Towing & Transportation Company, Incorporated, United States of America v. Bethlehem Steel Company
  Fourth Circuit· 1967-02-10· cited 33×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Fifty Thousand Feet of Timber
  D. Massachusetts· 1871-09-15· cited 11×

Other cases named Cope v. Vallette Dry Dock Co.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Cope v. Vallette Dry-Dock Co.
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana· 1883-06-15· cited 3×