· 12/3/1984
Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.
Citations
- 747 F.2d 995
- 1985 A.M.C. 2554
- 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 16252
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- discussing the “time honored rule in maritime cases that a proper method of determining lost detention profits is to seek a fair average based on a number of voyages before and after”
- “[A] vessel owner is required to mitigate damages and may not recover damages for losses resulting from the owner’s failure to use reasonable measures to halt the progress of damage.”
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Judges: Clark, Brown, Higginbotham
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