Southern Natural Gas Company v. Pontchartrain Materials, Inc., United States of America

How courts have described this case

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

• “The Corps knew that the dredging companies’ activities would be incompatible with the submarine gas pipelines, and that a great potential for an accident existed.”
• “The Corps knew that the dredging companies’ activities would be incompatible with the submarine gas pipelines, and that a great potential for an accident existed.”
• “by specifically prohibiting dredging activities in the vicinity of one gas company’s pipelines, the Corps was obligated to prohibit dredging near other companies’ pipelines in the area”
• “[B]y specifically prohibiting dredging activities in the vicinity of one gas company’s pipelines, the Corps was obligated to prohibit dredging near other companies’ pipelines in the area.”
• “It is settled in our Circuit that the duty owed by the Government in claims brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act is equal ‘to that of a private person in like circumstances.’” (citation omitted
• omission from Coast Guard chart and Corps permits for private dredging projects

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).