· 12/21/1987
Sheridan Transportation Co., and Tug New York Co. v. United States of America
Citations
- 834 F.2d 467
- 1988 A.M.C. 1168
- 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 16579
- 1987 WL 20571
How courts have described this case
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- holding that Coast Guard was not required to mark wreck, but once it chose to do so, it had duty to use due care
- noting that the Fifth Circuit has “held that The Pennsylvania rule applies in allision cases where those responsible for properly marking stationary objects in navigable waters ... failed to do so.”
- “The SHERIDAN navigators clearly relied to their detriment on the government’s undertaking to mark the location of the wrecks properly.”
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Judges: Reavley, Williams, Higginbotham
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